The Estonians Self-Administration’s autonomy maintained police structures that cooperated with the Germans in rounding up and killing Jews and Roma and in seeking out and killing Estonians deemed to be opponents of the occupiers. It was ultimately incorporated into the Estonian Security Police and SD. It also extended to the unlawful conscription of Estonians for forced labor or for military service under German command.
The Estonian Security Police and SD, the 286th, 287th and 288th Estonian Auxiliary Police Battalions, and 2.5–3% of the Estonian Omakaitse (Home Guard) militia units (approximately between 1000 and 1200 men) were directly involved in criminal acts, taking part in the rounding-up, guarding or killing of 400–1000 Roma people and 6000 Jews. In addition, guarded by the above-listed formations, 15,000 Soviet POWs died in Estonia through neglect, mistreatment and execution.
The Estonian Security Police and SD, the 286th, 287th and 288th Estonian Auxiliary Police Battalions, and 2.5–3% of the Estonian Omakaitse (Home Guard) militia units (approximately between 1000 and 1200 men) were directly involved in criminal acts, taking part in the rounding-up, guarding or killing of 400–1000 Roma people and 6000 Jews. In addition, guarded by the above-listed formations, 15,000 Soviet POWs died in Estonia through neglect, mistreatment and execution.