| Auschwitz Combat Group | |
|---|---|
| Grupa Bojowa Oświęcim GBO | |
| Other name | Kampfgruppe Auschwitz |
Leader | Ernst Burger |
| Founded | 1943 |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Allegiance | Polish Underground State |
| Active regions | Gau Upper Silesia |
| Ideology | Socialist |
| Political position | Anti-Nazi |
| Part of | Resistance movement in Auschwitz |
The Auschwitz Combat Group (German: Kampfgruppe Auschwitz, Polish: Grupa Bojowa Oświęcim, GBO) was an international left-wing resistance organization in Auschwitz concentration camp.
The GBO was founded in 1943. In 1944, together with the Polish Underground State, the group set up an overall Auschwitz Military Council to coordinate resistance.
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 Auschwitz were from Austria, Poland, France, Germany, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Among them were also many Jews.