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Language of Description: English
Authority Type: Corporate Body

  1. Vereinigten Zentrale für jüdische Arbeitsnachweise

    During the year 1935, the Vereinigten Zentrale für jüdische Arbeitsnachweise in Germany was classified as a subdivision of the Wirtschaftshilfe.

  2. Ajutorul Legionar

    • Legionnaire Assistance

    The Ajutorul Legionar, a Legionnaire welfare bureau, distributed generous humanitarian assistance to movement members and ordinary Romanians. The movement’s efforts to improve the living conditions of the Romanians brought it great popularity.

  3. Amtsblatt des Chefs des Distrikts Warschau im Generalgouvernement

    • ACDW

    Administrative measures for the Warsaw District were published in the Amtsblatt des Chefs des Distrikts Warschau im Generalgouvernement.

  4. Commission des Camps des Oeuvres Israélites d’Assistance aux Réfugiés

    • Commission des Camps

    Founded in 1941-01

    Dr. Joseph Weill took part in the creation of the Commission des Camps des Oeuvres Israélites d’Assistance aux Réfugiés in 1941-01. He tried to made immediate improvements in the atrocious internment conditions in close conjunction with the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants.

  5. Départment fédéral de justice et police

    • Federal Department of Justice and Police
    • DFJP

    The Départment fédéral de justice et police has a wide range of responsibilities. It deals with socio-political issues such as the co-existence of Swiss and foreign nationals, asylum matters, internal security and the fight against crime. Marital status and citizenship issues are also just as much part of the DFJP's brief as corporate governance, gaming supervision, or the drafting of codes and instruments for international legal assistance and police cooperation.

  6. Einsatzkommando Salonica

    • EK Salonica

    The Einsatzkommando at Salonica was instructed to treat the Spanish Jews in a way that could not give any case for serious complaints and ‘undesired propaganda’ in case they were later granted an exit permit to Spain.

  7. Monitorul Oficial

    1991/present

    Being established in 1991, Monitorul Oficial was entitled to carry on the task of publishing the official journal of Romania, which had initially been released in 1832. Since its first number, this paper began to produce a concise chronicle of the main historical, political and cultural events, which contributed to the progress and foundation of the modern Romanian state.

  8. Lubliner Kommando

    Founded in 1942

    Dr. von Sammern-Frankenegg established the Lubliner Kommando, under the command of Höfle, in 1942. The Kommando existed of residents of Lublin.

  9. 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.

  10. Mouvements Unis de Résistance

    • United Resistance Movements
    • MUR

    Founded in 1943-01

    At the beginning of 1943, with the war at a turning point and Vichy repression escalating, the resistance became more coordinated. Three networks, Combat, Libération, and Franc-Tireur et Partisans, joined together to form the Mouvements Unis de Résistance in 1943-01.

  11. Rada židovských náboženských obcí v Čechách a na Moravě

    • Rat der Jüdischen Gemeinden in Böhmen und Mähren

    Founded in 1945

  12. Reichswirtschaftskammer

    The Reichswirtschaftskammer was superior to the Industrie- und Handelskammern, Bezirkswirtschaftskammern, Reichsgruppen and Wirtschaftsgruppen. The Reichswirtschaftskammer was located directly under the department of economic affairs and was headed by the Reichswirtschaftsminister.

  13. Służba Zwycięstwu Polski

    • Service for the Victory of Poland
    • SZP

    The Służba Zwycięstwu Polski was the first large organization of the Polish anti-German resistance. Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz became the Commander-in-Chief of the SZP.

  14. Polska Partia Robotnicza

    • Polish Workers’ Party
    • PPR

    1942-01-05/1948

    Polish communists were transferred from USSR to Poland to connect polish communistics parties. The Polska Partia Robotnicza was subordinated to soviet communist party and controlled by the Narodnyj Komissariat Wnutriennich Dieł (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs). The leaders were: W. Gomulka, B. Bierut. It headed Gwardia Ludowa (Polish People’s Army), Armia Ludowa (People’s Army). When Red Army came to Poland, PPR let Sovietization of the country through terror. It merged with the Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (Polish Socialist Party) into Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (Poli...

  15. Stronnictwo Ludowe

    • Peasant Party
    • SL

    Founded in 1895-07-28

    Stronnictwo Ludowe was the largest political grouping in the Polish underground and was originally established in Rzeszów on 1895-07-28.

  16. Volksverwering

    • Popular Defense

    Founded in 1937

    In 1937 the Volksverwering was founded which during the German occupation in the Second World War actively participated in the persecution of Jews. The founding of Volksverwering constituted the establishment of the first organization whose sole raison d’être was anti-Semitism.

  17. Bureau des Études Raciques et Généalogiques

    • Bureau voor Ras- en Sibbekundige Opzoekingen

    Founded in 1943-03

    In 1943-03, the Centrale Anti-Juive transformed into the Bureau des Études Raciques et Généalogiques.

  18. Conseil Représentatif des Juifs de France

    • Representative Council of the Jews of France

    Founded in 1944

    In the spring of 1944, the Comité Général de Défense des Juives joined with native-born Jews (represented by the Consistory) to form the Conseil Représentatif des Juifs de France. For the first time in the history of the Jews in France they were brought together in one formal representative body with both immigrants and French Jews.

  19. Secrétariat Général à la Jeunesse

    • General Secretariat of Youth
    • SGJ

    Founded in 1940-09

    The government of Vichy created the Secrétariat Général à la Jeunesse in 1940-09. Over time, it evolved from a relatively open and fluid ideology to one requiring formal membership through defined criteria.

  20. World Young Women Christian Association

    • World YWCA

    1855/present

    The World Young Women's Christian Association is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Throughout the history, the World YWCA has been in the forefront of most major movements in the United States as a pioneer in race relations, labor union representation, and the empowerment of women. During the Second World War, the World YWCA served as a place for recruiters to interview women for service in the Army, Navy or Coast Guard.