German civil administration in the East

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The German civil administration in the East was the Nazi occupation authority in Eastern Europe responsible for implementing brutal policies of exploitation, starvation, and repression against local populations during World War II.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi occupation authority
World War II occupation regime
civil administration
aimedAtGroup Jewish populations
Roma populations
Slavic populations
political dissidents
appliesToTerritory Eastern Europe
occupied Poland
occupied Soviet territories
characterizedBy brutal occupation practices
racial discrimination
systematic repression
conflict Second World War
country Nazi Germany
historicalPeriod 20th century
ideology German expansionism
Nazism
antisemitism
racism
implementedPolicy Germanization policies
collective punishment
deportation of civilians
food requisitioning
forced labor
mass shootings of civilians
persecution of Jews
persecution of Roma
persecution of political opponents
property confiscation
repression of resistance
starvation of local populations
village burnings
objective economic exploitation of occupied territories
political control of local populations
support for German military operations
partOf German war of annihilation in the East
Nazi occupation policy
responsibleFor mass civilian deaths
systematic exploitation of resources
widespread human rights abuses
startTime 1941
subordinateTo German military authorities
Nazi Party leadership
temporalCoverage World War II
usedInstrument German security forces
local collaborationist administrations
police battalions

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Final Solution ("German civil administration")
GeneralplanOstPolicies ("German civil occupation authorities in Eastern Europe")
implementedBy
Blue Police ("German civil administration of the General Government")
controlledBy
Białystok Ghetto ("German civil administration")
operatedBy
HungerPlan
perpetratorOrganization

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