Narodowe Siły Zbrojne
- National Armed Force
- NSZ
Dates of Existence
Founded in 1942
History
Narodowe Siły Zbrojne was a right-wing, nationalist Polish resistance group that hated Jews, communists, and liberals. They refused to recognize the authority of the Armia Krajowa and operated independently. During the war, they murdered hundreds of Jewish partisans and others seeking asylum. Narodowe Sily Zbrojne terrorized and killed Jewish survivors after the war.
Places
Founded and active in Poland.
Sources
Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 212 Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / R. Rozett, S. Spector. – Jerusalem, 2006. – p. 331