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{{Short description|World War II Jewish resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Poland}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox military unit |native_name = Jewish Combat Organization |unit_name = ''Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa''<br />{{Nobold|{{lang|yi|{{Script/Hebrew| ייִדישע קאַמף אָרגאַניזאַציע}}}}}} |image = Flag of ZOB (Jewish Fighting Organization).svg |image_size = 220px |caption = Flag of ŻOB{{dubious|OR image?|date=September 2023}} |dates = 28 July 1942 |country = [[Nazi occupied Poland]] |allegiance = |type = |role = |size = |command_structure = |past_commanders = |notable_commanders = [[Mordechai Anielewicz]]<br />[[Yitzhak Zuckerman]]<br />[[Marek Edelman]] |nickname = |march = |mascot = |battles = [[World War II]] * [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]] |anniversaries = |decorations = |battle_honors = |identification_symbol = [[File:ZOB_Badge.svg|100px]] |identification_symbol_label = [[Military eagle]]{{dubious|OR image?|date=September 2023}} }} {{Polish Underground State sidebar |expanded=Military}} The '''Jewish Combat Organization''' ({{langx|pl|Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa}}, '''ŻOB'''; {{langx|yi|{{Script/Hebrew|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 emerged from the merger of five Jewish political and youth organizations: [[Hashomer Hatzair]], the [[Polish Workers' Party]], [[Habonim Dror]], [[Poale Zion]], and the [[General Jewish Labour Bund|Bund]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa |date=2025-05-21 |work=Wikipédia |url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBydowska_Organizacja_Bojowa |access-date=2025-05-21 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Levana Frenk, historienne de la résistance juive - Nonfiction.fr le portail des livres et des idées |url=https://www.nonfiction.fr/article-11202-levana-frenk-historienne-de-la-resistance-juive.htm |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.nonfiction.fr |language=fr}}</ref> and was central in organizing and launching the [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]].<ref name="britannica">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/303571/Jewish-Fighting-Organization|title=Jewish Fighting Organization - Polish history|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> ŻOB took part in a number of other resistance activities as well.
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