Reichskommissar

Reichskommissar (Commissionary of the Empire) was an official title of authorized representative of the Deutsches Reich (after 1871) who was appointed to a special task, e.g. for emigration ("Reichskommissar für das Auswanderungswesen" in Hamburg) or for German colonies.

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Deutsches Reich - 1871 - Emigration - Hamburg - German colonies

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The title of Reichskommissar was given later by Hitler to the leaders (governors) of some German-occupied countries during World War II.

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Hitler - Governor - Occupied - World War II

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List:

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• Belgium and north France: Reichskommissar Joseph Grohé
• Netherlands: Reichskommissar Arthur Seyss-Inquart
• Norway: Reichskommissar Josef Terboven
• Ostland: Reichskommissar Hinrich Lohse
• Ukraine: Reichskommissar Erich Koch

German nazi-ideologist Alfred Rosenberg, before the beginning of

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Ideologist - Alfred Rosenberg

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during Operation Barbarossa (the eastern front campaign) on

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22 June 1941 suggested the administrative division of

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conquered Soviet territory in the following

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Reichskommissariaten:

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• Ostland (Baltic States),
• Ukraine (Ukrainian and nearest territoires)
• Kaukasus (Caucasia area)
• Moskau (Moscow metropolitan area and the rest of European Russia)

This suggestions intended to destroy Russia as a political entity, as they organised the areas adjacent to Greater Germany's eastern provinces in accordance with the geopolitical Lebensraum idea (Drang nach Osten), to benefit future "Aryan" generations . These territories extended from the German frontier to the imaginary Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line.

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Russia - Greater Germany - Geopolitical - Lebensraum - Drang nach Osten - Aryan - Arkhangelsk - Astrakhan

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When German forces entered Soviet territory, they immediately implemented this administrative plan instating the Reichskommissariat of Ostland in the Baltic Lands and Ukraine in Ukraine, headed by Heinrich Lohse and Erich Koch respectively. These administrators put in practice the intended measures during the whole of their administrative period, until 1943-44, when the Germans after the Battle of Kursk were gradually driven out by force.

Related Topics:
German - Soviet - Battle of Kursk

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