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governor, the office was under the authority of the Reich
Ministry of the Interior, but operationally CdZ was under the commander-in-chief of the German Army and ultimately of
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as supreme commander. Hitler generally interfered in the domestic policies of the occupied territories, giving unrestricted powers to
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Several administrative divisions under the authority of a Chief of Civil
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on 21 October. Further CdZ officiated during the German invasion until the appointment of
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armed forces. Overstrained and incapable to construct a civil administration, the
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acted as CdZ in the preliminary stage of the establishment of
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The Third Reich in 1941, with CdZ Areas marked in color
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203:was appointed CdZ of the occupied
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149:Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
1385:Norway (Administrative Council)
103:squadrons under the command of
47:'Chef der Zivilverwaltung, CdZ'
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350:Operation Barbarossa
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980:General Government
657:Schleswig-Holstein
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1570:Netherlands
1370:Netherlands
1110:Sudetenland
1058:occupations
894:Vistulaland
771:Sudetenland
723:Prinz-Eugen
627:Mecklenburg
130:Sudetenland
117:CdZ-Gebiete
63:German Army
1751:Categories
1703:Bassgeiger
1683:New Swabia
1651:San Marino
1476:Montenegro
1400:Montenegro
1222:Luxembourg
1100:Luxembourg
884:Vandalland
849:Beskidland
776:Wartheland
749:Reichsgaus
562:DĂĽsseldorf
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410:References
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277:Luxembourg
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215:After the
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125:occupation
59:occupation
1724:Nordstern
1708:Edelweiss
1616:Turkestan
1606:Don-Volga
1506:Turkestan
1456:Cossackia
1395:Macedonia
1355:Lithuania
1260:Ljubljana
1145:Bialystok
1130:Districts
794:Carinthia
687:Weser-Ems
677:Thuringia
647:Pomerania
632:Moselland
587:Franconia
362:Gauleiter
344:of Styria
342:Gauleiter
324:Gauleiter
309:Carinthia
303:Occupied
289:Moselland
285:Gauleiter
267:Saarpfalz
263:Gauleiter
239:Gauleiter
163:Gauleiter
147:as Reich
75:Wehrmacht
1717:Proposed
1698:Holzauge
1601:Caucasia
1594:Proposed
1532:Brittany
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1021:Proposed
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864:Flanders
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837:Proposed
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716:Proposed
702:Westmark
642:NSDAP/AO
547:Bayreuth
524:Altreich
388:See also
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313:Carniola
305:Yugoslav
271:Westmark
252:Lorraine
205:Zichenau
1676:Founded
1656:Tunisia
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1585:Ukraine
1580:Ostland
1558:Founded
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1481:Romania
1471:Hungary
1446:Belarus
1420:Ukraine
1345:Hungary
1325:Denmark
1315:Croatia
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1300:Austria
1290:Albania
1283:Founded
1193:Croatia
1138:Founded
988:Galicia
963:Founded
869:Galicia
854:Brabant
786:Austria
759:Founded
733:Holland
662:Silesia
597:Hamburg
535:Founded
442:(Eds.)
376:by the
237:, Nazi
221:western
1646:Monaco
1575:Norway
1496:Serbia
1466:Greece
1461:France
1439:Exiled
1340:Greece
1335:France
1232:Serbia
1227:Poland
1217:Greece
1198:France
1075:Alsace
1056:German
1008:Warsaw
998:Lublin
993:KrakĂłw
889:Venice
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814:Styria
667:Swabia
652:Saxony
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356:under
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170:Danzig
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1360:Lepel
1350:Italy
1237:Banat
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