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| rdfs:label | - Estonian Auxiliary Police
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| rdfs:comment | - Estonian Auxiliary Police were Estonian units that fought in World War II under command of Germany. Estonian regular units allied with Nazi Germany began to be established on 25 August 1941, when under the order of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, commander of the Army Group North, the Baltic citizens were permitted to be recruited to the Wehrmacht service and grouped into the Special units and volunteer battalions to fight against partisans In this context, Colonel General Georg von Küchler, commander of the 18th Army (Germany), formed six Estonian volunteer guard units (Estnische Sicherungsgruppe, Eesti julgestusgrupp; numbered 181-186) on the basis of the Omakaitse squads (with its members contracted for one year).
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| Dates | - July 1941 – November 1944
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| Unit Name | - Estonian Auxiliary Police
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| abstract | - Estonian Auxiliary Police were Estonian units that fought in World War II under command of Germany. Estonian regular units allied with Nazi Germany began to be established on 25 August 1941, when under the order of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, commander of the Army Group North, the Baltic citizens were permitted to be recruited to the Wehrmacht service and grouped into the Special units and volunteer battalions to fight against partisans In this context, Colonel General Georg von Küchler, commander of the 18th Army (Germany), formed six Estonian volunteer guard units (Estnische Sicherungsgruppe, Eesti julgestusgrupp; numbered 181-186) on the basis of the Omakaitse squads (with its members contracted for one year). Since September 1941, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht has started to establish the Estonian Auxiliary Police Battalions ("Schuma") in addition to the aforementioned units to perform the guard duties and to fight against partisans in the rear of the Army Group North. During the war, 26 "Schuma" battalions were formed in Estonia in all numbered from 29th to the 45th, the 50th and from the 286th to 293rd. Unlike the similar units deployed in Reichskommissariat Ukraine and White Ruthenia, and controlled by the Germans the Estonian Police battalions were made up of national staff and included only one German monitoring officer. Moreover, as a sign of special trust, the Wehrmacht ranking system was introduced in the Estonian Police Battalions. As of October 1, 1942, the Estonian Police forces comprised 10 400 men in all with 591 Germans attached thereto.
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