Narodowe Siły Zbrojne

  • National Armed Force
  • NSZ
Identifier
408
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1942

History

Narodowe Siły Zbrojne was a right-wing, nationalist Polish resistance group that hated Jews, communists, and liberals. They refused to recognize the authority of the Armia Krajowa and operated independently. During the war, they murdered hundreds of Jewish partisans and others seeking asylum. Narodowe Sily Zbrojne terrorized and killed Jewish survivors after the war.

Places

  • Founded and active in Poland.

Sources

  • Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 212 Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / R. Rozett, S. Spector. – Jerusalem, 2006. – p. 331