German occupation of the Baltic states

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The German occupation of the Baltic states was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany controlled Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, implementing harsh military rule, persecution, and genocide following the initial Soviet occupation.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
administeredBy Reichskommissariat Ostland ⓘ
characterizedBy Holocaust in the Baltic states ⓘ
anti-partisan operations ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
military rule ⓘ
persecution of Jews ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic states (1944–1945) ⓘ
goal integration into a German-dominated Eastern Europe ⓘ
languageOfAdministration German ⓘ
legalStatus illegal occupation under international law ⓘ
location Baltic states ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
militaryOperation Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
occupyingPower Nazi Germany ⓘ
opposedBy Soviet partisans ⓘ
local resistance movements ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
perpetrator Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
local collaborationist units ⓘ
policy Germanization ⓘ
extermination of Jews ⓘ
suppression of national movements ⓘ
precededBy Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940–1941) ⓘ
result destruction of infrastructure ⓘ
large-scale population losses ⓘ
near-total destruction of Baltic Jewish communities ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
temporalContext following initial Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
victimGroup Jews in Estonia ⓘ
Jews in Latvia ⓘ
linked to: Latvian Jews

Jews in Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Lithuanian Jewry

Roma people ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
local civilians ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet occupation of the Baltic states → followedBy → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
18th Army (Wehrmacht) → tookPartIn → German occupation of the Baltic States ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic → experiencedEvent → German occupation of Lithuania (1941–1944) ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Kovno Governorate → dissolutionCause → German occupation of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Holocaust in Latvia → significantEvent → German occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Latvian auxiliary police → associatedWithEvent → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
Latvian Jews → historicalPeriod → Nazi occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Rumbula Memorial Day → associatedWith → Nazi occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Nowogródek District of the Home Army → operatedIn → German-occupied Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Latvian Legion → historicalContext → German occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
History of Lithuania → includesTopic → Nazi occupation of Lithuania (1941–1944) ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Baltic theatre of World War II → hasPart → German invasion of the Baltic states (1941) ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia → dedicatedTo → Nazi occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Generalbezirk Lettland → historicalContext → German occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Generalbezirk Litauen → historyPeriod → Nazi occupation of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Generalbezirk Litauen → partOfEvent → German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
Jews in Estonia → occupationContext → Nazi occupation of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Estonian Forest Brothers → hasHistoricalContext → German occupation of Estonia 1941–1944 ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Battle of Muhu → relatedEvent → German occupation of the Baltic islands ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Operation Albion → followedBy → German occupation of the West Estonian Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940) → successor → Nazi German occupation of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
June Uprising of 1941 → followedBy → German occupation of Lithuania (1941–1944) ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
German evacuation of Tallinn (1944) → follows → German occupation of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
History of the Baltic states → includesEvent → Nazi German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
When the Doves Disappeared → subjectMatter → Nazi occupation of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Kaiserwald concentration camp operations → historicalPeriod → Nazi occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Bikernieki forest → timePeriod → Nazi occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
German SS and police leadership in Latvia → partOf → Nazi occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
SS and Police Leader in Latvia → timePeriod → German occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Liepāja ghetto → historicalPeriod → Nazi occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Liepāja ghetto → hasCause → German occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states
Daugavpils ghetto → timePeriod → German occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of the Baltic states