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OCR: The German authorities forced the Judenrat of each ghetto to recruit a Jewish police force. Even though the Jewish police existed help carry out German policies young Jewish men were usually willing to join. Many had been led to believe that their famiiies wouid be spared from deportation they joined Others were attempting C avoid siave jabor drafts Still others wanted some power some ghettos members of the Jewish police were active in Jewish Res istance Some used their information about future deportations to hide peopie or to heip them escape from the ghetto. Others were abie to smuggie arms into the ghetto for planned uprisings For the most part, however, the Jewish police played a tragic role in the persecution Jews during the Holocaust. Responsible for helping round up their fellow gh ...