Army Group Centre Rear Area

Army Group Centre Rear Area
Rückwärtiges Heeresgebiet Mitte
Victims hanged by the German security troops in the Soviet Union, August/September 1941
Active	1941–1944
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Part of	Army Group Centre and Army High Command
Engagements	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Max von Schenckendorff Ludwig Kübler Edwin von Rothkirch und Trach

Army Group Centre Rear Area (German: Rückwärtiges Heeresgebiet Mitte) was one of the three Army Group Rear Area Commands, established during the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Initially commanded by General Max von Schenckendorff, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre.

The Group Centre Rear Area's outward function was to provide security behind the fighting troops. It was also a site of mass murder during The Holocaust and other crimes against humanity targeting the civilian population. In the words of historian Michael Parrish, the army commander "presided over an empire of terror and brutality".^[1]