| Police Regiment Centre | |
|---|---|
| Polizei-Regiment Mitte | |
| Active | 1941–1942 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Role | Participation in the Holocaust Nazi security warfare |
| Size | Regiment |
| Part of | Order Police under SS command, reporting directly to Higher SS and Police Leader, Central Russia |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Max Montua Walter Schimana |
The Police Regiment Centre (Polizei-Regiment Mitte) was a formation of the Order Police (uniformed police) during the Nazi era. During Operation Barbarossa, it was subordinated to the Schutzstaffel (SS) and deployed in German-occupied areas, specifically the Army Group Centre Rear Area, of the Soviet Union. In mid-1942, its three constituent battalions were reassigned and the unit was re-designated as the 13th Police Regiment.
Alongside detachments from the Einsatzgruppen and the SS Cavalry Brigade, it perpetrated mass murders and was responsible for large-scale crimes against humanity targeting civilian populations in the course of the Nazi security warfare. The scope of the regiment's operations was known to British intelligence since July 1941 but, for reasons of national security, information pertaining to their activities was not released until 1993.
- ^ Megargee 2009, p. 1642.