Polnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon

[michalst]

According to information that I read on wikipedia there existed three Polish Schutzmannschaftsbataillons (202, 107, 108). In 1944 there where about 1500 soldiers in these formations.

Some stats about the 202. battalion:
soldiers: 360
German commander: Hauptmann (?). Tshnade
Polish commander: major Ignacy Kowalski
Company commanders (3 companies a 120 men): Z. Włoczewski, J. Kołodziej, B. Nowakowski

About 150 soldiers from these formations participated on the western front in the late 1944, early 1945.

Have anybody more information about them? Maybe some books?

[Askold]

Here's a document grouping belonging to Polish volunteer in German Police that was offered to me:

[michalst]

Hi, I'm new to such documents and completely incompetent i German. How do I know that this document belonged to a Polish volunteer in German Police? As far as I know the person that these documents belonged to,Arkadiusz Borsuk, could be an Ukrainian or Belarusian.

[Askold]

I wonder about it myself. The grouping was offered to me as "Polish" so that is why I posted it. An not too proficient in German, but Arkadiuzh is a Polish way of spelling that name. It would be Arkadii in Belorussian and in Ukraine this name was not very common (but if was, it would also be Arkadii). Interesting looking dogtag as well.

[Serbian boy]

The short history of this units?

[michalst]

There is one interesting thing about this man, if you read closely the document states that his name is Arkadi Borsuk, and not Arkadiusz. So, who is he? How those the reverse side of this document look like, and what those this document tel?

[Musashi]

There is one interesting thing about this man, if you read closely the document states that his name is Arkadi Borsuk, and not Arkadiusz. So, who is he? How those the reverse side of this document look like, and what those this document tel?

I think it's hard to estimate if he was Polish or Ukrainian. While Arkadiusz (on the dog-tag) is definitely a Polish way of spelling, Arkadi (on the document) is undoubtely not Polish. Strange Anyway there is a very high probability he was Polish.

[Askold]

Unformtunately this is the only pic I have. What about the dog tag - its very unusual in shape - could this be pre-war Polish dog tag?

P.S. How would Arkadiush be in German? Perhaps its written Arkadi because of the German pronounciation of the name?

[tom_deba]

The dog tag presented by Askold is definietely pre-war Polish!

Here are examples:
[img]http://www.wpk.p.lodz.pl/~bolas/main/uz ... szereg.jpg
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[img]
http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum16/p1030763.jpg[/img]

"Arkadi" - could be wrong German version of Polish "Arkadiusz".

Tom

[tom_deba]

[henryk]

http://www.skarbczyk.com/index.php?mid= ... l=QXJrYWR5
Site on Polish first names, in Polish
Polish: Arkadiusz or Arkady
Latin: Archadius or Archadicus
Greek: Arkadikos
German: Arkadi
Russian; Arkadij

[Askold]

So my suspicious were right! Thanks for confirmation Tom.

[michalst]

I found some more information about the Schutzmannschaft Bataillon 202. Apparently it was a purely Polish battalion. In april 1943 it was stationed in the Borisow area in Byelarussia. It participated in several anti-partisan operations in Byelarussia and was transferred to Lwow in march 1944 recuperating from losses while fighting under SS Kampfgruppe Prutzmann near Rovno.

[michalst]

I received some more information about the unit from feldgrau forum.
take a look..
http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 051#142051

[Serbian boy]

I received some more information about the unit from feldgrau forum.
take a look..
http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopi ... 051#142051

Thanks for this info.