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  1. Magyar Izraeliták Pártfogó Irodája

    • Bureau for the Protection of the Rights of the Jews of Hungary
    • MIPI

    The Bureau for the Protection of the Rights of the Jews of Hungary was established with the official permission of Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer, the minister of Interior in 1938. It was a Jewish aid organization and it was permitted to negotiate with Western Jewish organizations, the most important of which was the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).

  2. Militärbefehlshaber im Südosten

    • Military Commander Southeast
    • MilBfh

    With Directive No. 48, Hitler established the new position of Militaerbefehlshaber im Südosten, with headquarters in Belgrade.

  3. Militärbefehlshaber Serbien

    • Military Commander of Serbia

    Founded in 1941-04-21

    The German military government in Serbia was established by an order of the chief of the Oberkommando des Heeres, Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, of 1941-04-21. This order, effective on 1941-04-22 and implemented by a series of others, established the Militaerbefehlshaber Serbien as the chief of the occupation regime.

  4. 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.

  5. Magyarországi Autonóm Orthodox Izraelita Hitfelekezet Köponti Irodája

    • Central Bureau of the Autonomous Orthodox Jewish Community of Hungary
    • MOAHI

    Founded in 1871

    In 1871, 220 orthodox representatives from various communities voted to establish the Magyarországi Autonóm Orthodox Izraelita Hitfelekezet Köponti Irodája. MAOHI was guided by a national representative body of one hundred members - forty rabbis and sixty lay leaders.

  6. Légion Étrangère

    • French Foreign Legion
    • LE

    1831/present

    From the start the Légion Étrangère was designed to constitute a small professional corps specifically for oversea duties. The LE was to be part of the Frence army and placed under control of the war minister.

  7. Kubrat

    Kubrat was a facist organization, well connected with the monarchy and aimed to defend the foundations of bourgeois society after the national catastrophe brought about by the Great War.

  8. 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.

  9. Komitet Organizacyjny Żydow Polskich w ZSRR

    • Organizational Committee of Polish Jews in the USSR

    Founded in 1944

    The Komitet Organizacyjny Żydow Polskich w ZSRR was founded under the auspices of the pro-communist Związek Patriotów Polskich (Union of Polish Patriots) in Moscow in the summer of 1944. The Komitet Organizacyjny Żydow Polskich w ZSRR consisted primarily of writers, journalists, actors and artists.

  10. 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.

  11. Nederlandse Beheersinstituut

    • Property Administration Institute
    • NBI

    1945-08-09/1967-06-01

    The Nederlandse Beheersinstituut was set up in 1945-08-09 as part of the Council for the Restitution of Legal Rights. Besides managing the assets of the country’s enemies, the NBI also managed those of absent owners. This included the commercial companies and property of Jews who had gone into hiding.

  12. Gettoverwaltung Litzmannstadt

    • Administrative Agency Litzmannstadt
    • Ghettoverwaltung Litzmannstadt

    Gettoverwaltung Litzmannstadt was an administrative agency responsible for the management of the Litzmannstadt ghetto.

  13. Geheime Feldpolizei

    • Secret military police
    • GFP

    The main tasks of the Geheime Feldpolizei were counterintelligence and security. Members of the Geheime Feldpolizei were actually the executives of the Abwehr.

  14. Duits-Vlaamse Arbeidsgemeenschap

    • Deutsch-Vlämische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
    • DeVlag

    Until 1941, the Duits-Vlaamse Arbeidsgemeenschap was a cultural organization, organizing film screenings and study tours. But when in 1941-09 SS-Gruppenführer Gottlob Berger was appointed as the general Chairman, the organization became a SS-instrument.

  15. Zentralstelle für Fremdenpolizei

    • Central Office of the Police for Foreigners

    Founded in 1917

    The parliament of Switzerland centralized the country's policy on foreigners in 1917 by creating the Zentralstelle für Fremdenpolizei. The resulting Eidgenössische Fremdenpolizei subsequently developed into a highly dynamic organization and became the main driving force of Swiss policy on foreigners.

  16. Eidgenössische Fremdenpolizei

    • Federal Police for Foreigners

    The parliament of Switzerland centralised the country's policy on foreigners in 1917 by creating the Zentralestelle für Fremdenpolizei. The resulting Eidgenössische Fremdenpolizei subsequently developed into a highly dynamic organization and became the main driving force of Swiss policy on foreigners.

  17. Freemasons

    • Masons

    Nazi propaganda linked Jews and Freemasons. Freemasonry became a particular obsession of the chief of Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst, Reinhard Heydrich, who counted the Masons, along with the Jews and the political clergy, as the 'most implacable enemies of the German race’.

  18. Forces Françaises Libres

    • Free French Forces
    • FFL

    From his base in London General Charles de Gaulle began to build up the Forces Françaises Libres. At first these consisted merely of French troops in England, volunteers from the French community resident in England since prewar times, and a few units of the French navy. In 1941 FFL participated in British-controlled operations against Italian forces in Libya and Egypt, and that same year they joined the British in defeating the Vichy forces in Syria and Lebanon. By the time of the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944-06, the FFL had swelled to more than 300,000 regular troops. They were alm...

  19. 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.

  20. Ersatzheer

    • Replacement Army

    The Ersatzheer was a powerful Germany-based framework organization that came fully into existence on general mobilization. Its principal task was to train and provide replacements for the Feldheer, although it also carried out many other related administrative activities.