The Commissar Order (German: Kommissarbefehl) was an order issued by the German High Command (OKW) on 6 June 1941 before Operation Barbarossa. Its official...

transliteration commissar often refers specifically to the political commissars of Soviet and Eastern-bloc armies or to the people's commissars (effectively...

In the military, a political commissar or political officer (or politruk, a portmanteau word from Russian: политический руководитель, romanized: politicheskiy...

Wehrmacht during World War II. He is known for having drafted the criminal Commissar order in preparation for Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet...

historian Klaus P. Fischer. On 8 September 1941, under the auspices of the Commissar Order (Kommissarbefehl), the OKW issued a decree concerning the ruthless...

carry out Fall Weiss at any time after 1 September 1939. The notorious Commissar Order (Kommissarbefehl), dated 6 June 1941, followed directly on the Barbarossa...

radicalisation of warfare on the Eastern Front. He had his staff draft both the Commissar Order (issued on 6 June 1941) and the Barbarossa Decree (signed on 13 May...

associated with the Nazis. Guderian's troops carried out the criminal Commissar Order during Barbarossa, and he was implicated in the commission of reprisals...

implementation of the Commissar Order by the Wehrmacht, publishing his findings in 2008. It was the first complete account of the application of the order by the Wehrmacht's...

Ilgenfritz received fifteen years in prison. Adolf Hitler's directives Commissar Order George Lane (British Army officer) German commando operations Gleiwitz...

Hitler's directives Barbarossa decree Commando Order Commissar Order German war crimes Texts of the order: Original version English version "NS-Archiv :...

Retrieved 2012-01-30. "Commissar Order". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2015. The Commissar Order read: "The originators...

settlers. As part of this strategy, the Commissar Order was issued, which stated that all Red Army commissars were to be executed when captured. Rundstedt...

it provided for the immediate liquidation of political commissars in the Red Army. The order was formulated in 1941 with the participation of the Army...

Einsatzgruppen and he implemented the Commissar Order that directed Wehrmacht troops to summarily execute Red Army political commissars immediately upon capture....

Command Trial, mainly regarding his implementation of the criminal Commissar Order and the mistreatment of POWs as well as civilians. He was sentenced...

war and enemy belligerents. Crimes against humanity by participating or ordering the murder, torture, deportation, hostage-taking, etc. of civilians . Participating...

pro-Soviet military formation. Hitler's notorious Commissar Order called for Soviet political commissars, who were responsible for ensuring that Red Army...

time." Jodl signed the Commissar Order of 6 June 1941 (in which Soviet political commissars were to be shot) and the Commando Order of 28 October 1942 (in...

activities". He reported that the killings were being brought into smooth running order and that the shootings were carried out "at an increasing rate". The report...

of Nazi mass killing after European Jews. Jewish prisoners of war and commissars were systematically executed. About a million civilians were killed by...

Commissar (Russian: Комиссар, translit. Komissar) is a 1967 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov based on one of Vasily Grossman's first short stories...

Eastern Front, the XXXXVIII Motorized Corps implemented the criminal Commissar Order. From late 1941 to May 1942, the corps took part in defensive operations...

The Ordnungspolizei (Orpo, German: [ˈɔʁdnʊŋspoliˌtsaɪ], meaning "Order Police") were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The...

from Kaltenbrunner included statements that he knew nothing of the Commissar Order and that he never visited Mauthausen concentration camp, despite documentation...

and defenseless men, women, and children." Commissar Order, an order stating that Soviet political commissars were to be shot on the battlefield. List of...

armies on the Eastern Front, Strauß's 9th Army implemented the criminal Commissar Order. Adolf Strauß is mentioned by author Sven Hassel in his work of fiction...

resistance activities with renewed urgency. He was appalled by the Commissar Order, of which he said: Remember this moment. If we don't convince the field...

Hebert 2010, p. 3. "Directives for the Treatment of Political Commissars ("Commissar Order") (June 6, 1941)" (PDF). GHDI. Retrieved 26 November 2020. Schwartz...

work of a military nature; ordering the execution of Soviet political commissars in compliance with Hitler's Commissar Order; and issuing scorched earth...