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Reichskommissar
A Reichskommissar, or Reich Commissioner, was in Nazi Germany an official appointed to govern an occupied territory as a civil administrator answerable directly to Hitler. During the Second World War Reichskommissariats were set up in Norway, the Netherlands, Ostland and Ukraine, headed by Josef Terboven, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Hinrich Lohse and Erich Koch.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Reichskommissar. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reichskommissar
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- “Reichskommissar.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reichskommissar. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Reichskommissar.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reichskommissar.
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