German occupation of the Baltic states

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historical event military occupation

The German occupation of the Baltic states was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany controlled Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, implementing harsh military rule, persecution, and genocide following the initial Soviet occupation.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
German occupation of Latvia 2
German occupation of the Baltic states canonical 2
Nazi occupation of Latvia 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
administeredBy Reichskommissariat Ostland ⓘ
characterizedBy Holocaust in the Baltic states ⓘ
anti-partisan operations ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
military rule ⓘ
persecution of Jews ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
surface form: Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic states (1944–1945)
goal integration into a German-dominated Eastern Europe ⓘ
languageOfAdministration German ⓘ
legalStatus illegal occupation under international law ⓘ
location Baltic states ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
militaryOperation Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
occupyingPower Nazi Germany ⓘ
opposedBy Soviet partisans ⓘ
local resistance movements ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
perpetrator Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
local collaborationist units ⓘ
policy Germanization ⓘ
extermination of Jews ⓘ
suppression of national movements ⓘ
precededBy Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
surface form: Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940–1941)
result destruction of infrastructure ⓘ
large-scale population losses ⓘ
near-total destruction of Baltic Jewish communities ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
temporalContext following initial Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
victimGroup Jews in Estonia ⓘ
Latvian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jews in Latvia

Lithuanian Jewry ⓘ
surface form: Jews in Lithuania

Roma people ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
local civilians ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet occupation of the Baltic states → followedBy → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
18th Army (Wehrmacht) → tookPartIn → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German occupation of the Baltic States
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic → experiencedEvent → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German occupation of Lithuania (1941–1944)
Kovno Governorate → dissolutionCause → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German occupation of Lithuania
Holocaust in Latvia → significantEvent → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German occupation of Latvia
Latvian auxiliary police → associatedWithEvent → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
Latvian Jews → historicalPeriod → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Latvia
Rumbula Memorial Day → associatedWith → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Latvia
Nowogródek District of the Home Army → operatedIn → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German-occupied Lithuania
Latvian Legion → historicalContext → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German occupation of Latvia
History of Lithuania → includesTopic → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Lithuania (1941–1944)