Members of Police Battalion 323 and probably Lithuanian auxiliaries stand at attention in a courtyard in front of the student dormatories of the University of Kaunas.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 62612

Date: May 1942 - October 1942
Variant Locale: Kauen
Kovno
Kowno
Photo Designation: NAZISM - GERMANY (1933-1945) -- Police/Security Organizations -- Police Battalion 323
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Christopher Wutz

Biography: Josef Herkert (the grandfather of the donor) was born on March 30, 1906 in Ruedenau, Germany. He served as a seargent in Police Battaion 323 first doing combat in the Smolensk area and then working as an instructor in Tilsit in western Russia. From late May to October 1942 he trained local auxilieraries in Kaunas, Lithuania. Afterwards Herkert returned to Germany and spent the remainder of the war in Wuerzburg.
Keyword: GROUP PORTRAITS
LITHUANIANS
POLICE (GERMAN)
POLICE BATTALION 323
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Christopher Wutz
: Record last modified: 2012-10-24 00:00:00
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