German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union

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The German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany seized and controlled vast Soviet territories, marked by brutal military rule, mass atrocities, and significant resistance from Soviet partisans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi war crime context
event of World War II
military occupation
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Soviet Union
basedOn Generalplan Ost
Nazi racial ideology
characterizedBy anti-partisan reprisals
brutal military rule
destruction of cultural heritage
economic exploitation
ethnic cleansing
genocidal policies
mass shootings
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1944
1945
followedBy Soviet reoccupation of Eastern Europe
hasEffect Holocaust shootings in the Soviet Union
surface form: Holocaust in the Soviet Union

destruction of towns and villages
famine and starvation
forced labor deportations
large-scale partisan warfare
mass civilian casualties
hasPart Eastern Front of World War II (rear area)
surface form: Army Group Rear Areas

Reichskommissariat Ostland
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
military administration in occupied Soviet territories
location Baltic states
Belarus
Bryansk region NERFINISHED
Crimea
Estonia
Kuban River
surface form: Kuban

Latvia
Leningrad region (partly)
Lithuania
Moldova
Novgorod Oblast
surface form: Novgorod region (partly)

Russia
Smolensk region NERFINISHED
Ukraine
notableEvent destruction of villages such as Khatyn
massacres of Jews by Einsatzgruppen
siege-related occupation zones around Leningrad
objective exploitation of resources
seizure of Lebensraum in the East
opposedBy Red Army
Soviet partisans
underground resistance movements
participant Einsatzgruppen
Nazi Germany
SS
Soviet Union
Soviet partisans
Wehrmacht
local collaborationist forces
partOf Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet-German Front
surface form: German-Soviet War
perpetrator Einsatzgruppen
Nazi Germany
SS units
Wehrmacht
surface form: Wehrmacht units
startTime 1941-06-22
victim Jews in the Soviet Union
Roma in the Soviet Union
Soviet civilians
Soviet prisoners of war
communist officials
partisan supporters

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North Caucasus offensive operations geopoliticalContext German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Donbass defensive operations (1941) historicalPeriod German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: World War II in Ukraine
Alfred Rosenberg participantIn German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe
Herbert Backe participantIn German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe
Order Police battalions operatedIn German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German-occupied Soviet Union
Reichskommissariat Ostland partOf German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German-occupied Soviet Union
RMfdbO associatedWith German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German occupation of Belarus
RMfdbO associatedWith German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German occupation of Russia
Georg Leibbrandt participantIn German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe
Dmitry Medvedev areaOfOperations German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German-occupied Soviet territories
Police Battalion 45 operatedIn German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German-occupied Soviet Union
Latvian auxiliary police activeDuring German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German occupation of Latvia
Occupied Enemy Territory East establishedAsResultOf German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German occupation of Russian Empire territories
Crimean Peninsula returned to Soviet control follows German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German occupation of Crimea
Axis advance into Bessarabia and northern Black Sea region result German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Axis occupation of Bessarabia
Aktion 1005 location German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: German-occupied Soviet Union