Chief of Civil Administration ( German : 'Chef der Zivilverwaltung, CdZ' ) was an office introduced in Nazi Germany , operational during World War II . Its task was to administer civil issues according to occupation law, with the primary purpose being the support of the military command in the operational areas of the German Army . CdZ would pass his authority to a corresponding civil government after the territory in question became in the rear of the operating armed forces.
5-469: CDZ , CdZ , or cdz may refer to: CdZ, Chief of Civil Administration (German: Chef der Zivilverwaltung ), civil administrative division in Nazi Germany CDZ, Toronto Stock Exchange code for Claymore CDN Dividend & Income Achievers ETF Chidarzai railway station (station code CDZ), Pakistan Convergence-divergence zone , a theory to explain
10-803: The deployment areas passed to the Wehrmacht armed forces. Overstrained and incapable to construct a civil administration, the German Army High Command willingly put these tasks to the CdZ. In the capacity as Reichsstatthalter 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 Adolf Hitler as supreme commander. Hitler generally interfered in
15-558: The domestic policies of the occupied territories, giving unrestricted powers to Sicherheitsdienst and SS squadrons under the command of Heinrich Himmler . Several administrative divisions under the authority of a Chief of Civil Administration were officially designated as CdZ-Gebiete (CdZ Areas, Chief of Civil Administration Territories): After the Battle of France , from 1940, CdZ officials were appointed in those western occupied territories that were not (yet) officially annexed by
20-469: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CDZ&oldid=1255286815 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing German-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chief of Civil Administration According to German law, all executive powers in
25-523: The neural mechanisms of memory and recollection Controlled Drinking Zone , an area in London where police officers can require a person to stop drinking Koda language (ISO 639-3 Language code cdz ) native to India and Bangladesh Neo Geo CDZ , a video game console Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CDZ . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
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