Army Group North Rear Area
Army Group North Rear Area was one of the three Army Group Rear Area Commands, established during the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Initially commanded by General Franz von Roques, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group North.
German soldiers and locals watch a Lithuanian synagogue burn, 9 July 1941
Army Group Rear Area Command
Army Group Rear Area Command was an area of military jurisdiction behind each of the three Wehrmacht army groups from 1941, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, through 1944 when the pre-war territories of the Soviet Union were recovered. The areas were sites of mass murder during the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity targeting the civilian population.
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1979 077 65, Franz v. Roques
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 2000 0720 500, Kuno Hans von Both
Image: Max von Schenckendorff Wehrmacht General
Image: Ludwig Kubler