Jewish Combat Organization

Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa
ייִדישע קאַמף אָרגאַניזאַציע
Jewish Combat Organization
Flag of ŻOB[dubiousdiscuss]
Active28 July 1942
CountryNazi occupied Poland
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Mordechai Anielewicz
Yitzhak Zuckerman
Marek Edelman
Insignia
Military eagle[dubiousdiscuss]

The Jewish Combat Organization (Polish: Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa, ŻOB; Yiddish: ייִדישע קאַמף אָרגאַניזאַציע Yidishe Kamf Organizatsie; often translated to English as the Jewish Fighting Organization) was a World War II resistance movement in occupied Poland, which was central in organizing and launching the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.[1] ŻOB took part in a number of other resistance activities as well.

  1. ^ "Jewish Fighting Organization - Polish history". Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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