The Belarusian Central Council or the Belarusian Central Rada (Belarusian: Беларуская Цэнтральная Рада, Biełaruskaja Centralnaja Rada; German: Weißruthenischer Zentralrat) was a Belarusian representative body with limited governmental functions during World War II in the German occupied Belarusian SSR.[1] It was established by Nazi Germany within Reichskommissariat Ostland in 1943–44,[2] following a requests by collaborationist Belarusian politicians hoping to create an independent Belarusian state with support of Nazi Germany.[2]