Arajs Kommando
The Arajs Kommando (also: Sonderkommando Arajs; Latvian: Arāja komanda), led by SS commander and Nazi collaborator Viktors Arājs, was a unit of Latvian Auxiliary Police (German: Lettische Hilfspolizei) subordinated to the German Sicherheitsdienst (SD). It was a notorious killing unit during the Holocaust.
| Arajs Kommando | |
|---|---|
| German: Sonderkommando Arajs Latvian: Arāja komanda | |
| Active | 1941—1944 |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Sicherheitsdienst |
| Size | from >100 (July 1941) to 1200 (1943) |
| War crimes | The Holocaust in Latvia The Holocaust in Belarus |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Viktors Arājs |
| Deputy commander | Herberts Cukurs |
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