▁also ▁Rus si ans ▁from ▁among ▁the ▁Soviet ▁P OW s , ▁Pol es ▁draft ed ▁from ▁the ▁local ▁population , ▁and ▁German ▁Volks deutsch e ▁of ▁all ▁national ities . ▁However , ▁Brow ning ▁( Ord inary ▁Men ) ▁and ▁Lower ▁both ▁ins ist ▁that , ▁for ▁the ▁German ▁administration , ▁nobody ▁but ▁the ▁" U k ra ini ans ▁and ▁local ▁eth nic ▁Germ ans ▁could ▁be ▁re lied ▁upon ▁to ▁assist ▁with ▁the ▁killing ". ▁ ▁Also , ▁according ▁to ▁Aleks andr ▁Pr us in ▁most ▁members ▁were ▁eth n ically ▁Ukrain ian , ▁hence ▁the ▁name ▁or ▁the ▁force . ▁The ▁auxili ary ▁police ▁were ▁directly ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁German ic - SS , ▁the ▁Einsatz gru ppen , ▁and ▁military ▁administration . ▁ ▁Part icip ation ▁in ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁Professor ▁Alexander ▁Stat iev ▁of ▁the ▁Canadian ▁University ▁of ▁Water lo o ▁writes ▁that ▁Ukrain ian ▁A ux ili ary ▁Police ▁were ▁the ▁major ▁perpet r ator ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁on ▁Soviet ▁territ ories ▁based ▁on ▁native ▁orig ins , ▁and ▁those ▁police ▁units ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁ex termin ation ▁of ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Jews ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁Vol h yn ia ▁alone . ▁German ▁historian ▁Di eter ▁P ohl ▁in ▁The ▁Sho ah ▁in ▁Ukraine ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁auxili ary ▁police ▁was ▁active ▁during ▁killing ▁operations ▁by ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁already ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁phases ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁occupation . ▁The ▁auxili ary ▁police ▁registered ▁the