Reserve Polizei Battalion 102

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I am trying to research a photo album and looking to find more information on Reserve Polizei Battalion 102.

There's a photo of graves of Res. Pol. Btn. 102 which is what I am basing the ID on (also the sellers description).

Their path appears to match some of the scraps of information I can find on the web :

http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035//police101.html
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...spolizei-R.htm
http://www.ordnungspolizei.org/index...mid=55&lang=en


Firstly - Can anyone first confirm that 'Reserve Polizei Battalion 102' is the same as 'Polizei Battalion 102' ? Feel stupid asking that but need to confirm.

This may help determine when they were formed and their path through the war if possible.

The album locations include :


Zirklach (DE NAME) - Cerklje na Gorenjskem - Slovenia
1942 Stare meduschi?
Oranienbaum
1942 Peterhof (known as Petrodvorets),
TSARSKOE SELO (PUSHKIN)CATHERINE PALACE (with spanish troops),
1942 Leningrad
Wolchow,
1942 Pelleja channolowo
Krasnoje Sel.... (unknown spelling)
Chemmo lowo,
(Road sign for)
Krasnogwardeisk
Krasnoje- Selo
Petersburg
Djetskoje- Selo

Also mention of St Gorki & kretschno & Alexandrowka (Ukraine) & Newel.
Riga 1944

Licence plates include

Pol4829
POL32624
POL1560

Grave :
Grand Emil
3. Res. Pol. Btl. 102

Any information or pointers on where to find more is appreciated.

[Mil-Archive]

Picture :

[hucks216]

It only has a small paragraph in Combat Operations of The German Ordnungspolizei by Rolf Michaelis...

Created at the end of September 1939 in Poland through the renaming of Pol.Btl II/2. In April 1941, after being employed in the Lubartow (approx 25km N of Lublin) - Kasnik (approx 50km SW of Lublin) area, the battalion was attached to the commander of Ordnungspolizei in Hamburg for reorganisation. On 10th March 1942 Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 102 reinforced Polizei-Kampfgruppe 'Jeckeln' in front of Leningrad, and there in July was renamed II/Polizei-Regiment 16. (Pg 44)

There is also a brief mention of Pol.Btl 102 in Hitler's Police Battalions by Edward B Westermann which just consists of a few lines taken from a Pol.Btl 102 situation report evaluating the Polish Jews in 1939.

[Mil-Archive]

Thanks a lot for that. That is one of the books that's mentioned in one of the links, didn't realise it was just a couple of lines though !

Can anyone confirm 'Reserve Polizei Btn 102' is the same as 'Polizei Btn 102' ?

[hucks216]

Can anyone confirm 'Reserve Polizei Btn 102' is the same as 'Polizei Btn 102' ?

Basically, yes it is. The difference between a Polizei.Btl and a Reserve-Polizei.Btl is the personnel who were assigned to them. Battalions primarily made up of active police officers were classed as Polizei Btl's while those Battlions primarily made up of reserve personnel were classified as Reserve-Polizei Btl's. Sometimes the change was due to a reorganisation when more reserve officers were brought into the unit while the active ones were released.

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Thanks again for clearing that up.

[hucks216]

Here is an entry for Pol.Btl 102 in Poland 1939 on a German language forum...
http://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/th...f70d2b35a98dd7

[Mil-Archive]

Can anyone confirm the spelling here ?

It looks like 'Stare Meduschi' but I can find no other reference to that anywhere else (I got the Oranienbaum Kessel - Oranienbaum Cauldron part).

[Mil-Archive]

Another :

[Eric JB]

Hi H.?,


Старые Медуши = Staryye Medushi.

And written by your man in the album as Stare Meduschi.

Oranienbaumer Kessel , West of Leningrad.

Stantsiya Oraniyenbaum.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

[Mil-Archive]

Hi H.?,


Старые Медуши = Staryye Medushi.

And written by your man in the album as Stare Meduschi.

Oranienbaumer Kessel , West of Leningrad.

Stantsiya Oraniyenbaum.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

Thanks for that - I thought I had searched for all combinations of spelling but obviously not ! Glad to have that one cleared up

[Gerdan]

The 2nd grave from right I found in the Volksbund list:

Nachname: Lattner
Vorname: John
Dienstgrad: Polizei-Wachtmeister
Geburtsdatum: 03.04.1903
Geburtsort: Anklam
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 20.11.1942
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Duderhof Ost Leningrad



John Lattner wurde noch nicht auf einen vom Volksbund errichteten Soldatenfriedhof überführt oder konnte im Rahmen unserer Umbettungsarbeiten nicht geborgen werden. Nach den uns vorliegenden Informationen befindet sich sein Grab derzeit noch an folgendem Ort:


Krasnoje Selo - Rußland


Gerdan

[Gerdan]

Here the other one (right):

Nachname: Kühn
Vorname: Rudolf
Dienstgrad: Polizei-Wachtmeister
Geburtsdatum: 29.03.1902
Geburtsort: Hamburg
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 20.11.1942
Todes-/Vermisstenort: B.Dudershof Ost Leningrad



Rudolf Kühn wurde noch nicht auf einen vom Volksbund errichteten Soldatenfriedhof überführt oder konnte im Rahmen unserer Umbettungsarbeiten nicht geborgen werden. Nach den uns vorliegenden Informationen befindet sich sein Grab derzeit noch an folgendem Ort:


Krasnoje Selo - Rußland


Gerdan

[Gerdan]

Here the third one:

Nachname: Lattner
Vorname: John
Dienstgrad: Polizei-Wachtmeister
Geburtsdatum: 03.04.1903
Geburtsort: Anklam
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 20.11.1942
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Duderhof Ost Leningrad



John Lattner wurde noch nicht auf einen vom Volksbund errichteten Soldatenfriedhof überführt oder konnte im Rahmen unserer Umbettungsarbeiten nicht geborgen werden. Nach den uns vorliegenden Informationen befindet sich sein Grab derzeit noch an folgendem Ort:


Krasnoje Selo - Rußland


Gerdan

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I don't even know how you can read them, I must need glasses. I had found the 'Emil Grand' one on volkesbund and have that information at home so when I put this album online I will include all those details you have just posted too. Thanks again for that.


Nachname: Grand
Vorname: Emil
Dienstgrad: Polizei-Oberwachtmeister
Geburtsdatum: 08.03.1908
Geburtsort: Hamburg
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 20.11.1942
Todes-/Vermisstenort: B.Duderhof-Ost


Emil Grand wurde noch nicht auf einen vom Volksbund errichteten Soldatenfriedhof überführt oder konnte im Rahmen unserer Umbettungsarbeiten nicht geborgen werden. Nach den uns vorliegenden Informationen befindet sich sein Grab derzeit noch an folgendem Ort:

Krasnoje Selo - Rußland