During World War II, some Belarusians collaborated with the invading Axis powers. Until the beginning of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the territory of Belarus was under control of the Soviet Union, a
Belarusian Central Council, a pro-Nazi puppet government within Belarus operating from Minsk 22 January 1944.
Headquarters of the Belarusian Central Rada June 1943.
Minsk training base in 1942, leaders of the Schutzmannschaft Battalions 102 and 115, as well as the Battalion 118 ready for service in Reichskommissariat Ostland
German-collaborationist Biełaruskaja Krajovaja Abarona, Minsk, June 1944.
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The Belarusian Central Council was a puppet government in Reichskommissariat Ostland during World War II. It was established by Nazi Germany within Reichskommissariat Ostland in 1943–44, following req
Byelorussian collaboration with Nazi Germany
…administrative control over the territory of Belarus. The real power was held by the German civil and military administrations. The collaborationist Belarusian Central Council, presenting itself as a Belarusian governmental body, was formed in Minsk a few months before Belarus was retaken by the Soviet Army. Before the war…
Wilhelm Kube in Minsk, May 1943