The Auschwitz Combat Group (, ) 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.Hermann Langbein - Keine vollwertigen Menschen maislinger.info
Leadership Ernst Burger (nom de guerre Adam) – political leader of Kampfgruppe Auschwitz, member of anti-nazi Austrian Resistance.Henryk Świebocki: Die "Kampfgruppe Auschwitz". In: Wacław Długoborski, Franciszek Piper (Hrsg.): Auschwitz 1940–1945. Studien zur Geschichte des Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz, Oswiecim 1999, III. Band Widerstand Hermann Langbein (nom de guerre Wiktor)Henryk Świebocki: Die "Kampfgruppe Auschwitz". In: Wacław Długoborski, Franciszek Piper (Hrsg.): Auschwitz 1940–1945. Studien zur Geschichte des Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz., Oswiecim 1999, III. Band Widerstand Józef Cyrankiewicz (nom de guerre Rot) responsible for cooperation with resistance groups in another nazi concentration campsHenryk Świebocki: Die "Kampfgruppe Auschwitz". In: Wacław Długoborski, Franciszek Piper (Hrsg.): Auschwitz 1940–1945. Studien zur Geschichte des Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz., Oswiecim 1999, III. Band Widerstand Tadeusz Hołuj (nom de guerre Robert) responsible for cooperation with another resistance groups in AuschwitzHenryk Świebocki: Die "Kampfgruppe Auschwitz". In: Wacław Długoborski, Franciszek Piper (Hrsg.): Auschwitz 1940–1945. Studien zur Geschichte des Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz., Oswiecim 1999, III. Band Widerstand Heinrich Dürmayer – was appointed after Hermann Langbein. Ludwig Soswinski – was appointed after Tadeusz Hołuj. Bruno Baum – was appointed after Ernst Burger. Otto Heller Arpad Haasz
Other notable members Alfred Klahrauschwitz information, 67. Ausgabe, Jänner 2005, Institut für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Die Befreiung von Auschwitz – Austrian communist politician and intellectual Karl LillAndreas Eder: Maria Stromberger – Zum Gedenken an den "Engel von Auschwitz, P. 11 Franz DanimannBiography of Franz Danimann bildungsverlag-lemberger.at Maria Stromberger
See also Resistance movement in Auschwitz Austrian Resistance Polish resistance movement in World War II Jewish resistance under Nazi rule
References
External links Auschwitz: Ruch Oporu - Zorganizowana konspiracja official website of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum