Daniele Gioia is PhD in Historical Studies at the University of Florence. In his research project at the Zentrum für Holocaust Studien at the Insititut für Zeitgeschichte he will aim to explore the involvement of a Waffen SS unit, namely the SS Stammbataillon Truppenübungsplatz Dębica, in the implementation of the Holocaust in the Krakow District of occupied Poland. By using German sources and also Jewish testimonies the research will deal with the story, formation, orders, activities and crimes of this relatively understudied unit as well as the cooperation between the unit itself and the personnel of Security, Order and Auxiliary Police in the extermination process. The project seeks to shed new light on the ongoing of Aktion Reinhardt in the Krakow area, particularly in relation to Jewish communities in major cities and smaller towns of the District where the Waffen SS formation operated.