Żydowski Związek Wojskowy

  • Jewish Military Union
  • ŻZW
Identifier
323
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1939-10

History

Żydowski Związek Wojskowy was set up in 1939-10 by officers and noncommissioned officers in the Polish army of Jewish background. ŻZW worked with the Security Corps and numbered about 250 people. Units of the ŻZW took part in the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Places

  • Founded in Poland.

Sources

  • The Warsaw ghetto : a guide to the perished city / B. Engelking, J. Leociak. – New Haven, 2009. – p. 842