Authorities

Advanced query tips

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase"
Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase
Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase
Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase"
For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

  • identifier
  • title
  • creator
  • person
  • place
  • subject
  • address
Displaying items 2,241 to 2,260 of 5,124
Search result ordering
Authority Type: Corporate Body

  1. State Department of the US

    • משרד החוץ - ארצות הברית

  2. Geto-tsaytung

    • געטא צייטונג

    First issue published on 07/03/1941

    Official newspaper of the Lodz Ghetto

  3. Austrian government

    • Österreichische Regierung
    • ממשלת אוסטריה
    • Government of Austria

  4. Bulgarian army

    • צבא בולגרי

  5. Polish Army

    • Armia Polska
    • צבא פולני

  6. Mouvement National Hebreu

    • Hebrew National Movement in France
    • MNH

  7. Hanoar Hatzioni

    • סתדרות חלוצית עולמית הנוער הציוני
    • Hanoar hacyjoni
    • The Zionist Youth
    • הנוער הציוני

    Hanoar hacyjoni was a Jewish Scouts organization.

  8. Hechalutz

    • החלוץ
    • HeHalutz

    Founded in 1905

    Association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle on the land in Israel. The original meaning of the Hebrew word is the vanguard that leads the host on its advanceץ The idea of Hechalutz was conceived during the crisis that overtook Russian Jewry in the aftermath of the 1881 pogroms. This awakening was influenced indirectly by the Russian revolutionary movement, which called upon the intelligentsia to "go out to the people." Two of the societies that were formed at this time – *Bilu, which called for settlement in Ereẓ Israel, and *Am Olam, which advocated settlement ...

  9. Jewish National Fund

    • קרן קימת לישראל
    • Keren Kayemet LeYisrael
    • Keren Kayemet LeIsrael
    • KKL
    • JNF

    From 1901 until present

    From its inception, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) - called Keren Kayemet L'Israel in Hebrew - was charged with the task of fundraising in Jewish communities for the purpose of purchasing land in Eretz Yisrael to create a homeland for the Jewish people. JNF's work can be divided into three phases. During its first 50 years, JNF was charged with the task of purchasing the land. Over the next 50 years, JNF directed its efforts to developing the land, planting over 220 million trees, building infrastructure for housing, parks and recreation areas, and helping to settle immigrants from across t...

  10. Ichud - World Alliance of Hebrew Socialist Workers

    • איחוד - ברית הפועלים הסוציאליסטית העולמית
    • איחוד
    • Ichud

  11. League of Nations

    1919/1946

    The League of Nations was an international peacekeeping organization set up as part of the Versailles Treaty in 1919, with headquarters in Geneva. Appeals by German Jews regarding human rights in the Reich were not adjudicated. Its High Commission for Refugees was ineffectual, leading James Grover McDonald to resign. Insincerity of the great powers lead to the League’s impotency. The High Commissioner for Refugees revealed, as early as 1939, the fate of Jewry in various countries and the persecution and gross violations of human rights. Although the League existed until 1946, it was replace...

  12. Germaansche SS

    • Germaanse SS
    • Nederlandsche SS
    • Germaansche SS in Nederland

    Dutch SS. The Nederlandsche SS was created on 11 september 1940. It changed it name on 1 november 1942 to Germaansche SS in Nederland.

  13. U.S. Army

    • Amerikaanse Strijdkrachten
    • United States Army

  14. Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij (SDAP)

    • SDAP

    26 August 1894

    Socialist Party in the Netherlands

  15. ANWB

    • Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

    1 july 1883 -

  16. Prinses Irene Brigade

    • Princess Irene Brigade
    • PIB
    • Irene Brigade

  17. Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen (NVV)

    • NVV

    1 january 1906 - 1977 (merged into broader labour unions)

    Collaborated with German Occupation and was forbidden from 1942

  18. Vrijwilligerslegioen Nederland

    • Freiwilligenlegion Niederlande

    1941

    Dutch volunteers to fight with the Nazi's on the East-front

  19. Nederlandse Unie

    24 July 1940 - December1941

  20. Weerbaarheidsafdeling (WA)

    • WA