Administrative division of Nazi Germany (1944)

This map, created by cartographer Bennet Schulte for Wikimedia Commons, shows the administrative division of Nazi Germany as of 1 March 1944.

The map shows the entire territory that was directly governed by the Third Reich, as well as other associated regions and their status. Internally, Nazi Germany had replaced the states, states, by the gaue. The territory that Germany had before 1938 was divided into 32 gaue, to which another eight were added following the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland.

After the outbreak of the Second World War, four were created. gaue more, two in the conquered zone of Poland and another two in Belgium. Subsequently, other administrative divisions with varying degrees of autonomy were created, such as the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the district of Bialystok, the Adriatic and Alpine zones of operations, and the Reich commissariats in the occupied zone of Russia.

In addition to the administrative divisions, the map also features other smaller maps at the bottom detailing, among other things, postcodes, military districts, regional courts and employment office areas.

Sources

• NS administrative structure 1944