Belarusian Central Council
…of a puppet state. The "semi-autonomous" local government was established by Nazi Germany in December 1943, and named the Belarusian Central Council. Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, the mayor of Smolensk at that time, was appointed its president. SS-Gruppenführer Kurt von Gottberg who replaced Kube named the Belarusian politician…