Jewish Military Union

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Jewish resistance organization Zionist organization underground military organization

The Jewish Military Union was a right-wing Zionist underground resistance organization in the Warsaw Ghetto that played a key role in armed Jewish resistance against the Nazis during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Jewish Military Union (ŻZW) 1
Żydowski Związek Wojskowy 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish resistance organization ⓘ
Zionist organization ⓘ
underground military organization ⓘ
abbreviation ŻZW ⓘ
activePeriod 1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jewish Military Union ⓘ
surface form: Żydowski Związek Wojskowy
conflict Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
cooperatedWith Home Army ⓘ
Jewish Combat Organization ⓘ
Polish Underground State ⓘ
surface form: Polish underground
country Poland ⓘ
dissolved 1943 ⓘ
enemy German Ordnungspolizei ⓘ
surface form: German police

Gestapo ⓘ
SS ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
foundedBy Betar activists ⓘ
Haganah members in Poland ⓘ
Revisionist Zionism ⓘ
surface form: Revisionist Zionists
hasPart combat units ⓘ
intelligence units ⓘ
liaison units ⓘ
ideology Revisionist Zionism ⓘ
right-wing Zionism ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
location Warsaw ⓘ
Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ
notableCommander Dawid Wdowiński ⓘ
Henryk Iwański (Polish liaison and commander of cooperating unit) ⓘ
Pawel Frenkel ⓘ
notableEvent defense of Muranowska Square during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ
raising of Polish and Zionist flags over Muranowska 7 ⓘ
notableFor key role in armed Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ
operationalGoal armed resistance against deportations ⓘ
defense of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ
opposedTo German occupation of Poland ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
organizedAs clandestine cells ⓘ
partOf Jewish resistance in German-occupied Poland ⓘ
Polish underground resistance network (through contacts) ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
used grenades ⓘ
improvised explosives ⓘ
pistols ⓘ
smuggled weapons ⓘ
submachine guns ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish Military Union → alsoKnownAs → Jewish Military Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Żydowski Związek Wojskowy
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising → organizedBy → Jewish Military Union ⓘ
Warsaw Ghetto → resistanceOrganization → Jewish Military Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jewish Military Union (ŻZW)