Belarusian Central Council

Belarusian Central Council
Weißruthenischer Zentralrat
Беларуская цэнтральная рада

Flag of local administration[1]
Council overview
Formed1 March 1943 (1 March 1943)
Dissolved2 July 1944 (1944-07-02)
Superseding Council
JurisdictionGeneralbezirk Weißruthenien
HeadquartersMinsk, Belarus
Council executives
Parent CouncilReich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories
Map

The Belarusian Central Council (Belarusian: Беларуская цэнтральная рада, romanizedBiełaruskaja centralnaja rada; German: Weißruthenischer Zentralrat) was a puppet administrative body in German-occupied Belarus during World War II.[2] It was established by Nazi Germany within Reichskommissariat Ostland in 1943–44,[3] following requests by collaborationist Belarusian politicians hoping to create a Belarusian state with German support.[3]

  1. ^ Wilson, Andrew (2011). Belarus : the last European dictatorship. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 110. ISBN 9780300134353.
  2. ^ (German) Dallin, Alexander (1958). Deutsche Herrschaft in Russland, 1941-1945: Eine Studie über Besatzungspolitik, pp. 234-236. Droste Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf.
  3. ^ a b Andrew Wilson (2011). Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship (Google Books preview). Yale University Press. pp. 109, 110, 113. ISBN 978-0300134353. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

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