Belarusian collaborationism with the Axis powers
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Belarusian volunteers in the German army
- Belarusian Abwehr/Brandenburg Sabouteur agents
- Vorkommando Einsatzgruppe B, also Vorkommando Moskau
- Belarusian Interior Guard (BKA)
- 29th Waffen-SS Division/(weissruthenische Gr.)
- Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS (weißruthenische Nr. 1)
- 30.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (weissruthenische Nr. 1)
- weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
- I./weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
- II./weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
- III./weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
- weissruthenische Artillerie-Abteilung
- weissruthenische Panzerjäger-Abteilung
- weissruthenische Reiter-Schwadron
- Waffen Sturm-brigade Belarus
- "Black Cat" Special undercover unit
German Commanders and officers associated with Belarus
- SS Officer Dr. Franz SixFranz SixDr. Franz Alfred Six was a Nazi official who rose to the rank of SS-Brigadeführer. He was appointed by Reinhard Heydrich to head department Amt VII, Written Records of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt...
- General Reinhard GehlenReinhard GehlenReinhard Gehlen was a General in the German Army during World War II, who served as chief of intelligence-gathering on the Eastern Front. After the war, he was recruited by the United States military to set up a spy ring directed against the Soviet Union , and eventually became head of the West...
, Chief of German East-Front Intelligence with offices in Smolensk - Generalkommissar Wilhelm KubeWilhelm KubeWilhelm Kube was a German politician and Nazi official. He was an important figure in the German Christian movement during the early years of Nazi rule. During the war he became a senior official in the occupying government of the Soviet Union, achieving the rank of Generalkommissar for...
- SS General Kurt von Gottberg
- SS Colonel Otto SkorzenyOtto SkorzenyOtto Skorzeny was an SS-Obersturmbannführer in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Front, he was chosen as the field commander to carry out the rescue mission that freed the deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity...
- SS-Standartenführer Hans Siegling
Belarusian anti-communist commanders
- Źmicier Kasmovič, the police chief of SmolenskSmolenskSmolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
- Francišak Kušal, Commander of local BKA police forces
- Michaś Vituška, Commander of "Black Cat" special unit
Belarusian political leaders
- Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, Mayor of SmolenskSmolenskSmolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
and later the President of Belarusian Central Rada - Jury Sabaleŭski, Major of Baranavičy and Vice-President of the Belarusian Central Council
- Priest Mikałaj Łapicki, Orthodox priest and Editor-in-Chief of the Ranica newspaper
- Vacłaŭ Ivanoŭski, "Alderman of MinskMinsk- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
" - Ivan Jermačenka (also known as "Herr Jawohl"), local political adviser
- Stanisłaŭ Stankievič, Mayor of BarysaŭBarysauBarysaw , also transliterated Barysau, is a city in Belarus situated near the Berezina River in the Minsk Voblast.-History:...
- Emmanuel Jasiuk, Mayor of Klecak
- Jaŭchim Kipel, president of the Second All-Belarusian Rada Congress
- Ivan Kasiak, Belarusian provincial governor
- Jury Bartyševič, Minister of Administration of occupational Astroŭski government
- Anton Adamovič, member in self-help Belarusian organization
- Mikoła Abramčyk, Intelligence Minister in Astroŭski government
- Stanisłaŭ Hrynkievič
Belarusian political movements
- Hramada Movement (Belarusian Peasants and Workers Party)
- Belarusian National Socialist Party
- Self-help Belarusian Groups
- Belarusian affairs office
- Belarusian "Ventruensausschuss" administrative-political organization
- First Zentralrat political organization
See also
- Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II
- Occupation of Belarus by Nazi GermanyOccupation of Belarus by Nazi GermanyThe occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany occurred as part of the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 and ended in August 1944 with the Soviet Operation Bagration.- Background :...
- Belarusian Central RadaBelarusian Central RadaThe Belarusian Central Rada was nominally the government of Belarus from 1943–44. It was a collaborationist government established by Nazi Germany within the occupation and colonial administration of Reichskommissariat Ostland.- Timeline :...
- Belarusian resistance during World War II