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  1. Druzhyny Ukraninsskyh Natsionalistiv

    Roland Battalion had been formed in Austria. Together with Nachtigall, a volunteer Bulgarian battalion, the Roland Battalion is also known to the Ukrainians as Druzhyny Ukraninsskyh Natsionalistiv.

  3. Mouvement National Contre le Racisme

    • National Movement against Racism
    • MNCR

    Founded in 1940

    In the spring of 1940 the Communists created Mouvement National Contre le Racisme, though officially non-partisan, was in fact under the absolute control of the Jewish section of the Main d'Oeuvre Immigrée. It started two papers, J'accuse (in the occupied zones) and Fraternité (in the southern zone). Through them the 'French people' expressed their solidarity with the persecuted Jews.

  4. Polnischer Baudienst im Generalgouvernement

    • Polska Sluzba Budowlana
    • Baudienst

    Founded in 1940-12

    The Polnischer Baudienst im Generalgouvernement was formed on 1940-12-01. The Baudienst was set up to provide the Third Reich with labour force.

  5. Gordonia

    Gordonia was a Zionist youth organization associated with Poale Zion-Right.

  6. Liga Apararii Nationale Crestine

    • National Christian Defense League
    • LANC

    Founded in 1923

    Romania's Liga Apararii Nationale Crestine was founded by A.C. Cuza in 1923 and pursued a clearly anti-Semitic agenda that contributed significantly to the worsening of Jewish-Romanian relation. LANC opposed Romanian citizenship or naturalization for Jews. It also agitated against critical journalists and leftist political organizations. After Hitler gained power in 1933, LANC began operating more closely with Romanian German Nazis.

  7. Biuro Informacji i Propagandy Komendy Głównej Związku Walki Zbrojnej – Armii Krajowej

    • The Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Home Army
    • BIP KG ZWZ – AK

    Biuro Informacji i Propagandy Komendy Głównej Związki Walki Zbrojnej – Armii Krajowej played an important role in raising morale and influencing attitudes among the soldiers of the underground movement as well as those of the Polish community. Through the introduction of propaganda the soldiers of the Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Union for Armed Struggle) could be integrated into a single underground army.

  8. Belorusskii Shtab Partizanskogo Dvizheniya

    • Belarussian Headquarters for the Partisan Movement
    • BShPD

    Belorusskii Shtab Partizanskogo Dvizheniya was a partisan movement.

  9. Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza

    • Polish United Workers' Party
    • PZPR

    1948/1990

    Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza was a polish communistic party which was formed as a result of connections between Polska Partia Robotnicza (Polish Workers’ Party) and Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (Polish Socialist Party). The chiefs of party were in sequence: B. Bierut, E. Ochab, W. Gomułka, E. Gierek, S. Kania, W. Jaruzelski, M.F. Rakowski.

  10. Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt

    • National Socialist People's Welfare
    • NSV

    Founded in 1932-04

    Created in 1932-04 as an internal welfare agency for party members, the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt soon after the Nazi accession to power began to co-ordinate and absorb existing voluntary welfare institutions, and eventually came to dominate the entire field of welfare work in Nazi Germany.

  11. Reichsjugendführung

    The main organization of the Hitler-Jugend was the Reichsjugendführung, with the Jugendführer des Deutschen Reiches as head of the organization.

  12. Niederländische Grundstücksverwaltung

    • Dutch Estate Management Organization

    1941-05-31/1945

    Niederländische Grundstücksverwaltung, a German body established at The Hague, was authorized to take over all Jewish properties, or else authorize non-Jewish persons to do so.

  13. Reichssicherheitshauptamtes-Amtes VII Weltanschauliche Gegnerforschung

    • RSHA-Amtes VII Weltanschauliche Gegnerforschung

    Franz Alfred Six was the chef of Reichssicherheitshauptamtes-Amtes VII Weltanschauliche Gegnerforschung.

  14. Sicherheitsdienst Leitabschnitt Berlin

    • SD Leitabschnitt Berlin

    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 Berlin.

  15. Urząd do Walki z Lichwą i Spekulacją

    • The Central Office for Fighting against Usury and Speculation

    Founded in 1919-01-11

    Józef Piłsudski transformed the Wydział walki z lichwą żywnościową to Urząd do Walki z Lichwą i Spekulacją in 1919-01-11. The responsibility of this office was to fight with every form of usery and speculation.

  17. Kadra Bezpieczeństwa

    1942/1944-04

    Kadra Bezpieczeństwa was an underground military organization. Korpus Bezpieczeństwa, an underground military organization, was renamed in 1944-11 into Kadra Bezpieczeństwa.

  18. Wehrkreiskommando

    • Military District Command

    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.

  19. Légion Française des Combattants

    Joseph Darnand 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.

  20. Schweizerischen Zentralstelle für Flüchtlingshilfe

    • Swiss Central Office for Refugee Relief
    • SZF

    Founded in 1936-06

    In 1936-06, the main relief organizations merged to form the Schweizerischen Zentralstelle für Flüchtlingshilfe in order to pool their energies and co-ordinate their stand vis-a-vis the authorities.