Belarusian collaborationism with the Axis powers

During World War II, many Belarusians collaborated with the invading Axis powers. Until the beginning Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the territory of Belarus was under control of the Soviet Union, as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. However, memories of the Russian Civil War were still fresh, and many people in Belarus wanted an independent Belarus. And so many Belarusians chose to cooperate with the invaders in order to achieve that goal, assuming that Nazi Germany would allow them to have their own independent state after the war ended. The collaborationist regime Belarusian Central Rada was formed in Minsk.

Belarusian volunteers in the German army

 * Belarusian Abwehr/Brandenburg Sabouteur agents
 * Vorkommando Einsatzgruppe B, also Vorkommando Moskau
 * Biełaruskaja dapamožnaja palicyja
 * Biełaruskaja Krajovaja Abarona (Belarusian Interior Guard - BKA)
 * Biełaruski batalion czygunacznaj achowy
 * Biełaruski desantny batalion "Dallwitz"
 * Biełaruski korpus samaachowy
 * 13 Biełaruski palicejski batalion SD
 * 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS RONA (russische Nr. 1)
 * 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (weißruthenische Nr. 1)
 * weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
 * I./weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
 * II./weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
 * III./weissruthenische Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS 75
 * weissruthenische Artillerie-Abteilung
 * weissruthenische Panzerjäger-Abteilung
 * weissruthenische Reiter-Schwadron
 * Waffen Sturmbrigade Belarus
 * "Čorny Kot" ("Black Cat") Special undercover unit

German Commanders and officers associated with Belarus

 * SS Officer Dr. Franz Six
 * General Reinhard Gehlen, Chief of German East-Front Intelligence with offices in Smolensk
 * Generalkommissar Wilhelm Kube
 * SS General Kurt von Gottberg
 * SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny
 * SS-Standartenführer Hans Siegling

Belarusian anti-communist commanders

 * Źmicier Kasmovič, the police chief of Smolensk
 * Francišak Kušal, Commander of local BKA police forces
 * Michaś Vituška, Commander of "Black Cat" special unit

Belarusian political leaders

 * Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, Mayor of Smolensk and later the President of Belarusian Central Rada
 * Jury Sabaleŭski, Major of Baranavičy and Vice-President of the Belarusian Central Council
 * Priest Mikałaj Łapicki, Orthodox priest and Editor-in-Chief of the Ranica newspaper
 * Vacłaŭ Ivanoŭski, "Alderman of Minsk"
 * Ivan Jermačenka (also known as "Herr Jawohl"), local political adviser
 * Stanisłaŭ Stankievič, Mayor of Barysaŭ
 * Emmanuel Jasiuk, Mayor of Klecak
 * Jaŭchim Kipel, president of the Second All-Belarusian Rada Congress
 * Ivan Kasiak, Belarusian provincial governor
 * Jury Bartyševič, Minister of Administration of occupational Astroŭski government
 * Anton Adamovič, member in self-help Belarusian organization
 * Mikoła Abramčyk, Intelligence Minister in Astroŭski government
 * Stanisłaŭ Hrynkievič

Belarusian political movements

 * Hramada Movement (Belarusian Peasants and Workers Party)
 * Belarusian National Socialist Party
 * Self-help Belarusian Groups
 * Belarusian affairs office
 * Belarusian "Ventruensausschuss" administrative-political organization
 * First Zentralrat political organization

Belarusian political news

 * "Ranica" - Belarusian political news