Kiev (February 1942 – 1944) Ewald Oppermann, Generalkommissar for Generalbezirk Nikolajev Heinrich Schoene, Generalkommissar for Generalbezirk Wolhynien-Podolien Claus Selzner, Generalkommissar for Generalbezirk Dnepropetrowsk (September 1941 – June 1944) Karl Stumpp, ethnographer and leader of the SS Sonderkommando Dr Karl Stumpp Military commanders linked with the German administration of Ukraine Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Ukraine (WBU) Generalleutnant d.R. Waldemar Henrici (until October 1942) General der Flieger Karl Kitzinger (from October 1942) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Southern Russia (HSSPF Russland-Süd) SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln (June–October 1941) SS-Obergruppenführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann (October 1941 – 1944; from October 1943 also Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF) Ukraine) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Black Sea (HSSPF Schwarzes Meer) SS-Gruppenführer Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben (October–December 1943) SS-Obergruppenführer Richard Hildebrandt (December 1943 – August 1944) SS-Gruppenführer Adolf von Bomhard, head of police SS-Gruppenführer Walter Schimana, commander of the SS Division Galicia SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag, commander of the SS Division Galicia Administrative divisions The Reichskommissariat's administrative capital was at Rivne, and it was divided into six Generalbezirke (general districts), called Generalkommissariate (general commissariats) in the pre-Barbarossa planning. This administrative structure was in turn subdivided into 114 Kreisgebiete, and further into 443 Parteien. Each "Generalbezirk" was administered by a "Generalkommissar"; each Kreisgebiete "circular [i.e., district] area" was led by a "Gebietskommissar" and each Partei "party" was governed by a Ukrainian or German "Parteien Chef" (Party Chief). At the level below were German or Ukrainian "Akademiker" ("Academics"—i.e., District Chiefs) (similar to Polish "Wojts" in the General Government). At the same time at a smaller scale, the local Municipalities were administered by native "Bailiffs" and "Mayors", accompanied by respective German political advisers if needed. In the most important areas, or where a German Army detachment remained, the local administration was always led by a German; in less significant areas local personnel was in charge. The six general districts were (English names and administrative centres in parentheses): Shitomir (Zhytomyr) – headed by Regierungpräsident Kurt Klemm, then by SS-Brigadeführer Ernst Ludwig Leyser (from 1942) Kiew (Kyiv) – headed by SA-Brigadeführer Helmut Quitzrau (till February 14, 1942), then SA-Oberführer Waldemar Magunia (from February 14, 1942) Nikolajew (Mykolaiv) – headed by NSFK-Obergruppenführer Ewald Oppermann Wolhynien und Podolien (Volhynia and Podolia; Luzk) – headed by SA Obergruppenführer Heinrich Schoene Dnjepropetrowsk (Dnipro) – headed by Oberbefehlshaber der NSDAP ('party commander in chief') Claus Selzner Krym-Taurien (Crimea-Taurida; Melitopol) – headed by Gauleiter Alfred Frauenfeld Scheduled for incorporation into the Reichskommissariat Ukraine but never transferred to civil