Reichskommissariat Ukraine
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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 re
German soldiers crossing the Soviet border in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941
Nazi propaganda poster in Ukrainian that says "Hitler the Liberator"
Erich Koch (right) and Alfred Rosenberg (center) in Kiev
Banknotes denominated in karbovanets (Karbowanez in German). The karbovanets replaced the Soviet rouble at par and was in circulation between 1942 and 1945. It was pegged to the Reichsmark at a rate of 10 karbovantsiv = 1 Reichsmark.
Erich Koch
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Erich Koch was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party in East Prussia from 1 October 1928 until 1945. Between 1941 and 1945 he was Chief of Civil Administration of Bezirk Bialystok. During this period, he was
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
…in Operation Barbarossa under the military administration of Army Group South Rear Area. The German civil administration was based in Rovno (Rivne). Erich Koch served as the only Reichskommissar during the administrative entity's existence. Reichskommissariat Ukraine was part of the Generalplan Ost which…
Koch in 1941
Erich Koch during his trial in Poland