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  1. Main d’Oeuvre Immigrée

    • MOI

    Main d’Oeuvre Immigrée was a Jewish communist unit, set up after Vél d’Hiv.

  2. International Refugee Organization

    • IRO

    1946/1952-01

    International Refugee Organization, temporary specialized agency of the United Nations that, between its formal establishment in 1946 and its termination in 1952-01, assisted refugees and displaced persons in many countries of Europe and Asia who either could not return to their countries of origin or were unwilling to return for political reasons. Beginning operations on 1947-07-01, the IRO took over the work of its principal predecessor organization, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Among the services supplied by the IRO were the care and maintenance of refugee...

  3. Schuppen

  5. Towarzystwo Popierania Rolnictwa

    • Society for the Support of Agriculture
    • Toporol

    Founded in 1933

    Towarzystwo Popierania Rolnictwa was founded by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in 1933 to prepare young Jewish people for work on the land. In the ghetto, under the direction of the agronomist Israel Sudowicz (who later took part in the uprising in Treblinka), Toporol organized the clearing of rubble and planting of areas that could be cultivated.

  6. Predstavništvo jevrejske zajednice

    • Vertretung der jüdischen Gemeinschaft

  7. Einsatzkommando 1c

    • EK 1c

    Founded in 1942

    Einsatzkommando 1c was a newly formed, respectively unmanned Kommando of Einsatzgruppe A.

  8. Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers

    • National Organisation for Helping People in Hiding
    • LO

    Founded in 1942

    The Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers, established in 1942, helped people in hiding during the Second World War. The LO was especially very helpful for people who didn’t wanted to work in Nazi Germany. The organization provided addresses for hiding, money, and ration coupons.