Army Group North Rear Area

Army Group North Rear Area
Rückwärtiges Heeresgebiet Nord
Active	1941-44
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Part of	Army Group North and Army High Command
Engagements	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Franz von Roques Kuno-Hans von Both

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

The Group North 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]