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Kampfgruppe Auschwitz
The Auschwitz Combat Group (german: Kampfgruppe Auschwitz, pl, Grupa Bojowa Oświęcim) was international left-wing resistance organization in Auschwitz concentration camp. History Kampfgruppe Auschwitz was founded in 1943. In 1944, together with the Polish Underground State, the Kampfgruppe set up an overall Auschwitz Military Council to coordinate resistance. Members The majority of members of the Group were communists, socialists, captured Polish and Soviet partisans, members of anti-Nazi resistance movements, and former members of International Brigades. The members of the ''Kampfgruppe'' were from Austria, Poland, France, Germany, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Among them were also many Jews. Leadership * Ernst Burger (nom de guerre ''Adam'') - political leader of ''Kampfgruppe Auschwitz'', member of anti-nazi Austrian Resistance. * Hermann Langbein (nom de guerre ''Wiktor'') * Józef Cyrankiewicz (nom de guerre ''Rot'') responsible for cooperation wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resistance Movement In Auschwitz
The organization of underground resistance movements in Auschwitz concentration camp began in the second half of 1940, shortly after the Nazi concentration camps, camp became operational in May that year. In September 1940 Witold Pilecki, a Polish Rotmistrz, army captain, arrived in the camp. Using the name Tomasz Serafiński (prisoner number 4859), Pilecki had allowed himself to be captured by Germans in a street round up (''łapanka'') with the goal of having himself sent to Auschwitz to gather information and organize resistance inside. Under Pilecki's direction the Związek Organizacji Wojskowej (Union of Military Organization), ZOW, was formed. Background After the western part of the country was Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, annexed by Nazi Germany during the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland, Oświęcim (Auschwitz) was located administratively in the German Province of Upper Silesia, ''Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz''. Auschwitz was first suggested as the location of a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
