In the occupied Soviet Union, the Einsatzgruppen were succeeded by the offices of the commanders of the Security Police and Secret Service. Designed for the long term, they were to realize in practice the dystopia of an Eastern Europe dominated by Germany. This volume is the first to examine the history and personnel of these offices in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine, thereby shedding new light on the Holocaust and the practice of occupation.

Christian Schmittwilken, German Historical Museum, Berlin, Germany.