Schutzmannschaft

Schutzmannschaft (abbr. Schuma) or Hilfspolizei (abbr. Hipo) were the collaborationist auxiliary police battalions of native policemen in occupied countries in the East, which were created to fight the resistance during World War II mostly in the Eastern European countries occupied by Nazi Germany. Hilfspolizei refers also to German auxiliary police units. There was also a HIPO Corps in occupied Denmark.