When Odilo Globocnik, SS and police leader in Lublin, Poland, transferred to the Italian OZAK region in late 1943, he took with him a group of around 100 men who had run the notorious Aktion Reinhard extermination camps—Belzec, Treblinka, Sobibor—where 1.5 million people (mostly Jews) had been killed. This book describes the little-known activities of this group, known as Abteilung R (Reinhard), in the OZAK region from 1943 to 1945. Here they not only continued persecuting Jews, but also became involved in the fight against the armed resistance movement, participated in security tasks, anti-partisan operations, retaliation operations including arresting and killing of civilians, and ran the infamous Risiera di San Sabba police camp in Trieste. The book also covers the SS-Wachmannschaften (SS guards units) of the OZAK, military units that were formed locally and had links with Abteilung R. There are also chapters on uniforms and insignia, as well as photographs related to anti-partisan operations in the region.[AuthorName]By Stefano Di Giusto and Tommaso Chiussi[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Stefano Di Giusto has an interest in armored warfare and military vehicles, and in Second World War events in the then-OZAK region. Tommaso Chiussi has an interest in military history and uniforms, and SS and Polizei units active in the OZAK region.
Tommaso Chiussi coauthored Globocnik’s Men (Schiffer, 2016) with Stefano Giusto. He is passionate about the history of the North Adriatic region.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]420 b/w images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Abteilung R and the SS-Wachmannschaften of the Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]420 b/w images[/ColorPattern]