Commissar
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Commissar is an English transliteration of the Russian комиссáр, which means 'commissary'. In English, the transliteration commissar often refers specifically to the political commissars of Soviet and
Russian political commissar in leather coat at the German-Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk on September 22, 1939.
Commissar Order
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The Commissar Order was an order issued by the German High Command on 6 June 1941 before Operation Barbarossa. Its official name was Guidelines for the Treatment of Political Commissars. It instructed
Commissar
…Reichskommissar (a compound of Reich and the German Kommissar), for several administrators who held responsibility over a territory or area of government. Commissar Order…
First page of the Commissar Order, dated 6 June 1941