Bronislav Kaminski
Russian Axis collaborator and military commander / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski (Russian: Бронисла́в Владисла́вович Ками́нский, 16 June 1899 – 28 August 1944) was a Nazi collaborator[1][2] and the commander of the Kaminski Brigade, an anti-partisan and rear-security formation made up of people from the so-called Lokot Autonomy territory (1941-1943) in part of the German-occupied area of the Soviet Union. The Kaminski Brigade later became part of the Waffen-SS as the SS Sturmbrigade RONA (Russian People Liberation Army – Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Narodnaya Armiya, RONA). (Older publications mistakenly give Kaminski's first name as Mieczyslaw.[3][4]) Under Kaminski's command, the unit committed numerous war crimes and atrocities in the German-occupied Soviet Union and in Poland.
Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski | |
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Ober-Burgomeister of Lokot Autonomy | |
In office 8 January 1942 – 26 August 1943 | |
Preceded by | Konstantin Voskoboinik |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | (1899-06-16)16 June 1899 Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 28 August 1944(1944-08-28) (aged 45) Litzmannstadt, Reichsgau Wartheland, German-occupied Poland |
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Awards | Iron Cross, 1st Class |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union Nazi Germany |
Years of service | 1918–1921 1941–1943 |
Rank | Waffen-Brigadeführer der SS |
Commands | Waffen-Sturm-Brigade der SS RONA |