Date | 24–26 September 1941 |
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Location | Mogilev, German-occupied Byelorussia |
Type | Wehrmacht conference |
Theme | Security warfare |
Organised by | Max von Schenckendorff, commander of Army Group Centre Rear Area |
Participants | Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, HSSPF for Army Group Centre Arthur Nebe, commander of Einsatzgruppe B Hermann Fegelein, commander of the SS Cavalry Brigade Max Montua , commander of Police Regiment Centre |
Outcome | 16-page conference summary distributed to rear security units |
Casualties | |
32 Jewish civilians shot in a field exercise |
The Mogilev Conference was a September 1941 Wehrmacht training event aimed at improving security in the rear of Army Group Centre during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The event was organised by General Max von Schenckendorff, commander of Army Group Centre Rear Area, in cooperation with the officials of the security and intelligence services of Nazi Germany—SS and the Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service; SD)—operating in the same area. Ostensibly an "anti-partisan" training conference, the event marked an escalation of violence against Jews and other civilians in the areas under Schenckendorff's command.