Police Regiment Lublin was formed on 4 November 1939. Under its control were two
battalions from Police Group 1 (
Polizeigruppe 1) as well as
Police Battalion 102 (
Polizei-Bataillon 102). One of its early commanders was
Gerret Korsemann, the chief of the Order Police in
Lublin District from March 1940 through January 1941. The regiment maintained a strength of three battalions until July 1941, although the individual battalions were frequently rotated in and out.
The invasion of Russia in June 1941 created a need for rear-area security units on the
Eastern Front and Police Regiment Lublin provided some of these. They were partially replaced by worn-out units returning from Russia. When the regiment was redesignated on 9 July 1942 as the 25th Police Regiment,
Police Battalion 65,
Police Battalion 67, and
Reserve Police Battalion 101 were redesignated as the regiment's first through third
battalions, respectively. All of the police regiments were redesignated as SS police units on 24 February 1943. Together with the
22nd SS Police Regiment and other security forces, the regiment participated in
Operation Harvest Festival (
Aktion Erntefest) on 3–4 November, the massacre of 42,000 Jews imprisoned in the
Majdanek extermination camp and several of its sub-camps. During this time it was commanded by
SS-
Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Jakob Sporrenberg,
SS and Police Leader (
SS- und Polizeiführer) Lublin. ==Notes==