Reichskommissariat Ostland
administrative division of Nazi Germany in the occupied Baltic countries and parts of Belarus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was created by Nazi Germany in 1941 during World War II. It became the civilian occupation regime in the Baltic states and the western part of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
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Reichskommissariat Ostland | |||||||||||||||||||
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1941–1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
Anthem: Horst-Wessel-Lied (Horst Wessel Song) (1941-1945) | |||||||||||||||||||
Status | Reichskommissariat of Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Riga | ||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | German (official) | ||||||||||||||||||
Religion | |||||||||||||||||||
Government | Colony of Nazi Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
Reichskommissar | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1941–1944 | Hinrich Lohse | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1944–1945 | Erich Koch | ||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||||||||||||
• Baltic Operation | 22 June 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 25 July 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 September 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 December 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||
1 April 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||
• Soviet retake | July–Nov. 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Formally dissolved | 21 January 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Surrender of Courland Pocket | 10 May 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Reichskreditkassenscheine (de facto) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Belarus Estonia Latvia Lithuania |
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