Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Also known as: RKU
- 1The Reichskommissariat Ukraine was an administrative division under the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories.
- 2It operated as a German civilian occupation regime from 1941 to 1944.
- 3The territory encompassed the Ukrainian SSR and portions of the Byelorussian SSR, Russian SFSR, and eastern Poland.
- 4It was established to manage occupied lands during the Eastern Front of World War II.
The Reichskommissariat Ukraine was an administrative entity of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories of Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944.
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territory administered by Erich Koch during World War II
Koch served as the Reichskommissar for this territory, where he implemented brutal occupation policies and oversaw the Holocaust in the region.
The Reichskommissariat Ukraine was an administrative entity of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories of Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. It served as the German civilian occupation regime in the Ukrainian SSR and parts of the Byelorussian SSR, Russian SFSR, and eastern Poland during the Eastern Front of World War II.
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