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  1. Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands

    • Communist Party of Germany
    • KPD

    1919-01-01/present

    The Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands was established as a independently organization during a party conference on 1918-12-30 till 1919-01-01.

  2. Einsatzkommando 7

    • EK 7

    Einsatzkommando 7 was active in Hungary in 1944. EK 7 operated from Pécs and was led by dr. Josef Auinger.

  3. France libre

    1940/1942

    France libre was a term for political and social forces, that in 1940 did not accept the capitulation of France. They continued their fight with the Nazis by organizing resistance. In 1942 France libre changed their name into France combattante.

  4. Sicherheitsdienst Leitabschnitt Danzig

    • SD Leitabschnitt Danzig

    The Sicherheitsdienst was an intelligence and surveillance organization, established in 1931 under Reinhard Heydrich. Among its major tasks were monitoring real or imagined enemies of national socialism and reporting on the state of opinion among the German public. The SD was widely represented, for example with an office in Danzig.

  5. Slovenská národná rada

    • Slovak National Council
    • SNR

    Founded in 1943-11-20

    On 1943-11-20 several Communist and non-Communist underground groups formed a joint resistance organization that they called Slovenská národná rada. It planned to launch a national uprising timed to occur simultaneously with the advance of the Red Army into Slovakia. SNR’s objective would be overthrow the Tiso regime, contribute with Slovak forces to the expulsion of the Germans, and assume political power in the immediate post-war period until democratic elections could be held.

  6. Sudetendeutsche Partei

    • SdP

    Founded in 1935

    In order to participate in the elections of 1935-05, the Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront transformed itself into a regular political party, the Sudetendeutsche Partei. The SdP called upon all ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia to join its ranks. Many did so eagerly, hoping through this show of unity to promote full cultural and national development of the German minority within the existing state framework. The SdP attracted such widespread support that it soon left all the other German-based political parties in Czechoslovakia far behind.

  7. Polska Organizacja Wojskowa

    • Polish Military Organisation
    • POW

    The Polska Organizacja Wojskowa was founded by Marshal Józef Piłsudski, the future chief of independent Poland. Its main function had been intelligence-gathering and sabotage.

  8. Paulusbund

    • Alliance of Non-Aryan Christians

    1936/1937

    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, founded by dr. Richard Wolff. In 1936, the Paulsbund had approximately eighty thousand members. The Paulusbund existed for only six months.

  10. France combattante

    1942/1944

    In 1942 France libre changed its name into France combattante. It was a term for political and social forces, which in 1940 did not accept the capitulation of France. It continued fighting with the Nazis by creating resistance.

  11. Einsatzkommando 1/V

    • EK 1/V

    Einsatzkommando 1/V, Einsatzkommando 1 of Einsatzgruppe V, 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.

  12. Rassenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP

    The Rassenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP was responsible for the treatment of the population of the former Polish territories after the racial political considerations in 1939.

  13. Mouvement de Liberation Nationale

    • MLN

    The Mouvement de Liberation Nationale was convinced that France and the post-war world cannot follow the path of social justice and peace unless the peoples adopt a policy of true democracy and effective socialism.

  14. Reichsverkehrministerium

    Founded in 1919

  15. SS-Führungshauptamt

    • SS-FHA

    Founded in 1940-08

  16. Comité Inter-Mouvements Aupres des Evacues

    • CIMADE

    Founded in 1939-09

    Comité Inter-Mouvements Aupres des Evacues was a protestant youth group created by the World Young Women Christian Association, the Young Men's Christian Association and the federation of Student Christian Movements in 1939-09. It was initially organized to assist residents of Alsace and Lorraine evacuated from the war zone by the French government. The organization had one clear conviction: the youth movements must unite in a common service to those whom the war had torn from their homes, the ‘displaced’. One of their activities was the opening, in the spring of 1942, of homes accredited t...

  17. Hilfspolizei

    • Auxiliary Police
    • Hipo

    The establishment of the Hilfspolizei represented an important initial step in binding the police with the organizations of the Nazi Party in both a symbolic and a substantive sense.

  18. Sicherheitsdienst Abschnitt

    • SD Abschnitt

  19. Idisze Kulturorganizacje

    • Jewish Cultural Organization
    • YIKOR

    Founded in 1941-12

    Illegal cultural organization Idisze Kulturorganizacje was set up in 1941-12 with membership drawn from the Jewish Social Self-Help and the house committees. The aim of YIKOR was to propagate Yiddish culture and language among the inhabitants of the ghetto. It organized concerts, talks and lectures, and evenings about eminent figures in Yiddish culture and language. YIKOR supported clandestine schools with Yiddish as the language of instruction, set up an illegal library, and organized a competition for the best literary and academic work about the ghetto.

  20. Naamloze Vennootschap

    • The limited group

    The Naamloze Vennootschap, an underground group, saved the lives of 250 Jewish children during World War II. Most of the children rescued by the Naamloze Vennootschap were smuggled out of the Dutch Theater in Amsterdam, where they and other Jews had been assembled for deportation to the Westerbork camp. They were then taken from Amsterdam by different routes to safe havens in various areas, especially the southern Dutch province of Limburg. Nearly 50 of these children were accompanied to safe hiding places by Baroness Anne Marie van Verschuer, one of the groups’ members. The group also supp...