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  1. Italian Government

    Italy’s Fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, fell from power not once but twice, first in 1943-07, and again in 1945-04. Once the king had dismissed Mussolini as prime minister in 1943-07, his transitional government was unable to carry out its (totally unrealistic) plan for Italy’s safe and painless exit from the war. This failure meant both a prolongation of the war in Italy itself and the Nazi German restoration of Mussolini to nominal power in the north Italian Social Republic. The outcome was an aggravation of the civil war between Italians, the ‘war within the war’ which characterized ...

  2. Sonderkommando 1a

    1941/1944

    Special SS units of the Einsatzgruppe A.

  3. Żydowskie Komitety Pomocy

    • ŻKP

  4. Service d’Ordre Légionnaire

    • SOL

    1941-12/1943-01-23

    The success of Joseph Darnand and his eagerness for action led him to set up in 1941-12 a paramilitary organization, Service d’Ordre Légionnaire, still nominally under the Légion Française des Combattants, to act against the ‘enemies’ of Vichy. Self-defined as anti-Semitic and anti-democratic in its 21-point program which members had to accept, it condemned Jews, Freemasons and communists and proclaimed a struggle ‘For French purity and against Jewish leprosy’. On 1943-01-23 the SOL was transformed into the Milice Française.

  5. Volkssturm

    • People’s Army

    Volkssturm consisted of German or Austrian civilians between the ages of 16-60, akin to local militias. These civilians were called upon to defend Germany by a decree from Hitler on 1944-09-25.

  6. Armee oberkommando

    • Army headquarters staff
    • AOK

  7. Reichsverband der nichtarischen Christen

    • Non-Pure Aryan Descent

    1933/1936

    The Reichsverband der nichtarischen Christen was founded in 1933, soon after the onset of state persecution of the Jews. In 1936, the intensification of Anti-Jewish policies led the Reichsverband der nichtarischen Christen and similar smaller organizations to form one large federation, which was approved by the responsible office of the Reich Propaganda Ministry in agreement with the Gestapo. The new association was called the Paulusbund.

  8. Slavomakedonski Narodnoosloboditelen Front

    • Slavo-Macedonian People's Liberation Front
    • SNOF

    1943-10/1944-04

    The Slavomakedonski Narodnoosloboditelen Front was a guerilla corps which was founded by Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós and the Greek Communist Party in the districts of Florina and especially of Castoria, with the aim of mobilizing the local Slavic inhabitants. The SNOF was active between 1943-10 and 1944-04 and involved, according to Yugoslav Macedonian historians, up to 15,000 volunteers.

  9. Einwandererzentralstelle

    • Central Immigration Office
    • EWZ

    Founded in 1939-10

    Heinrich Himmler created in early 1939-10 the Einwandererzentralstelle as the main processing office under the auspices of Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst. The EWZ included representatives of various Reich, party and SS offices involved in the classification and replacement of immigrants.

  10. Oberkommando des Heeres Generalstab des Heeres Operationsabteilung

    • Okh Generalstab des Heeres Operationsabteilung

  11. Einsatzkommando 1/III

    • 1/III

    Einsatzkommando 1/III, Einsatzkommando 1 of Einsatzgruppe III, participated during the invasion of Poland in 1939-09. During the invasion of the Soviet Union the Einsatzgruppen were not labeled with the number I, II, III, IV or V but with the character A, B, C or D.

  13. Wehrkreis

    • Military districts

    One of the principle reasons for the continued cohesion of the German Army was the very method by which units were raised, refitted, and rotated. Central to the raising and refitting of divisions stood the Wehrkreis system. The goal of the Wehrkreis system was to relieve field commanders from as much administrative work as possible while providing a regular flow of trained recruits and supplies to the field army. In this it succeeded to a great extent despite the system’s apparent complexity. By 1943 there were a total of 19 Wehrkreise in Germany and the occupied territories. Each army divi...

  14. Reichsministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung

    Founded in 1934-12

    The Reichsministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung was established in 1934-12.

  15. Magyarországi Keresztény Zsidók Szövetsége

    • Association of the Christian Jews of Hungary

    Founded in 1941-07-14

    The defense of the interests of church officials of Jewish background as well as for persons in mixed marriages was undertaken by a special council: Magyarországi Keresztény Zsidók Szövetsége. This organization was established in 1941-07-14.

  16. Ostindustrie A.M.B.H.

    Founded in 1943-03

    Ostindustrie A.M.B.H. was a company established by the SS to capitalize on Jewish labor in the Generalgouvernment, as long as there were enough Jews living there to make it profitable.

  17. Związek Walki Czynnej

    • Union for Active Resistance
    • ZWC

    Founded in 1908

    Związek Walki Czynnej was a Polish secret military organization founded in 1908.

  18. Reichssicherheitshauptamtes-Amtes I Verwaltung und Recht

    • RSHA-Amtes I Verwaltung und Recht

    Founded in 1939

    In the winter of 1939-1940 the Reichssicherheitshauptamtes-Amtes I Verwaltung und Recht was established. The RSHA-Amtes I Verwaltung und Recht consisted of seven departments.

  19. Burgerweeshuis Amsterdam

    Truus Wijsmuller-Meijer became involved in helping Jews before and during the Second World War. From 1938, when she manages to get Adolf Eichmann to allow her to organize the first transportation, she starts organizing the evacuation of Jewish children from Nazi Germany. She manages to get thousands out of the country. One of the places where she houses the children is the Burgerweeshuis on the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam.

  20. Militärbefehlshaber in Belgien und Nordfrankreich

    • Military Commandor of Belgium and Northern France

    1940/1944

    In Belgium, the territories of Eupen, Malmedy, and Moresnet, which had belonged to Germany prior to 1918, were annexed. From 1940 to 1944, the rest of the country was under a German military administration led by a Militärbefehlshaber in Belgien und Nordfrankreich, General Alexander von Falkenhausen.