ADGB
E382420
ADGB was the main federation of free trade unions in Germany during the Weimar Republic, representing millions of workers until its suppression by the Nazi regime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ADGB canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3722241 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ADGB Context triple: [Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, shortName, ADGB]
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GBABD
GBABD is the UN/LOCODE identifier for the port and transport hub of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.
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ADBP
ADBP is the former name of Pakistan's state-owned agricultural development bank, which provides financial services and credit to support the country's farming and rural sectors.
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AdE
AdE is the abbreviation for the Akademio de Esperanto, the language-regulating body that oversees the evolution and norms of Esperanto.
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GAB
GAB is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Gabon.
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ADUG
ADUG is a private investment and development company based in Abu Dhabi, best known globally as the ownership group behind Manchester City Football Club.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ADGB Target entity description: ADGB was the main federation of free trade unions in Germany during the Weimar Republic, representing millions of workers until its suppression by the Nazi regime.
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A.
GBABD
GBABD is the UN/LOCODE identifier for the port and transport hub of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.
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B.
ADBP
ADBP is the former name of Pakistan's state-owned agricultural development bank, which provides financial services and credit to support the country's farming and rural sectors.
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C.
AdE
AdE is the abbreviation for the Akademio de Esperanto, the language-regulating body that oversees the evolution and norms of Esperanto.
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D.
GAB
GAB is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Gabon.
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E.
ADUG
ADUG is a private investment and development company based in Abu Dhabi, best known globally as the ownership group behind Manchester City Football Club.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national trade union center
ⓘ
trade union federation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ADGB self-link ⓘ |
| affiliatedInternationallyTo | International Federation of Trade Unions ⓘ |
| affiliatedTo | Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ |
| architecturalPartner |
Hannes Meyer
ⓘ
Hans Wittwer ⓘ |
| assetsAfterSuppression | confiscated by Nazi organizations ⓘ |
| bannedBy |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialist German Workers' Party
|
| closeTo | SPD ⓘ |
| commissionedFrom | Bauhaus architects ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause |
Gleichschaltung
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi Gleichschaltung policies
|
| dissolved | 1933 ⓘ |
| field | trade unionism ⓘ |
| founded | 1919 ⓘ |
| fullName | Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| historicalRole | central pillar of the Weimar labor movement ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | largest trade union federation in Weimar Germany ⓘ |
| ideology | social democracy ⓘ |
| languageOfOrganization | German ⓘ |
| mainPeriodOfActivity | 1919–1933 ⓘ |
| memberCount | millions of workers ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| opposed |
Nazism
ⓘ
fascism ⓘ |
| owned | ADGB Trade Union School in Bernau ⓘ |
| peakMembershipApprox | about 8 million members ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | social democratic ⓘ |
| predecessor | various pre‑1914 free trade unions ⓘ |
| regionServed | Germany ⓘ |
| relationshipToState | independent of the state ⓘ |
| represented |
blue-collar workers
ⓘ
industrial workers ⓘ service workers ⓘ white-collar workers ⓘ |
| sector | labor movement ⓘ |
| statusAfter1933 | forcibly dissolved ⓘ |
| supported |
collective bargaining
ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ workers' rights ⓘ |
| suppressedBy |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi regime
|
| timePeriod | Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| translatedName |
Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
ⓘ
surface form:
General German Trade Union Federation
|
| typeOfUnion | free trade union ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ADGB Description of subject: ADGB was the main federation of free trade unions in Germany during the Weimar Republic, representing millions of workers until its suppression by the Nazi regime.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.