▁the ▁newly ▁formed ▁Reich sk omm iss ariat ▁Ukraine ▁the ▁auxili ary ▁police ▁forces ▁were ▁named ▁Schutz mannschaft , ▁and ▁amount ed ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁men ▁throughout ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁occupied ▁territ ories , ▁with ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁in ▁Gal icia . ▁The ▁names ▁of ▁batt al ions ▁reflected ▁their ▁ge ographic ▁juris diction . ▁The ▁make - up ▁of ▁the ▁officer ▁corps ▁was ▁representative ▁of ▁Germany ' s ▁foreign ▁policy . ▁Professor ▁Wend y ▁Lower ▁from ▁Tow son ▁University ▁wrote ▁that ▁although ▁Uk ra ini ans ▁greatly ▁out number ed ▁other ▁non - G erm ans ▁in ▁the ▁auxili ary ▁police , ▁only ▁the ▁eth n ically ▁German ▁Volks deutsch e ▁from ▁Ukraine ▁were ▁given ▁the ▁leadership ▁roles . ▁Many ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁joined ▁the ▁ranks ▁of ▁the ▁police ▁had ▁served ▁as ▁milit iam en ▁under ▁Soviet ▁rule ▁since ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁Poland ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁Professor ▁T ade usz ▁Pi ot row ski ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Ukrain ische ▁Hil f sp ol ize i ▁in ▁Gal icia ▁came ▁from ▁O UN - B , ▁which ▁was ▁confirmed ▁by ▁Professor ▁John - Paul ▁Him ka ▁as ▁an ▁important ▁trans itional ▁stage ▁of ▁O UN ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁Hol oca ust . ▁According ▁to ▁Andrew ▁Greg or ov ich , ▁the ▁eth nic ▁composition ▁of ▁A ux ili ary ▁Police ▁reflected ▁the ▁dem ograph ics ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁and ▁included ▁not ▁only ▁Uk ra ini ans ▁but