Reichskommissariat Kaukasien

Reichskommissariat Kaukasien
Location of Kaukasien
StatusProjected Reichskommissariat of Germany
CapitalTiflis
GovernmentCivil administration
Reichskommissar 
• (planned)
Arno Schickedanz
Historical eraWorld War II

The Reichskommissariat Kaukasien (Russian: Рейхскомиссариат Кавказ, romanizedReykhskomissariat Kavkaz), also spelled Kaukasus, was the theoretical political division and planned civilian occupation regime of Germany in the occupied territories of the Caucasus region during World War II. Unlike the other four planned Reichskommissariats, within the borders of the proposed Caucasus Reichskommissariat experiments were to be conducted for various forms of autonomy for "indigenous groups".[1]

  1. ^ De Cordier (2010), The Fedayeen of the Reich: Muslims, Islam and Collaborationism During World War II, p. 34 China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, 2010