Selbstschutz

Selbstschutz (German language: Self-protection) stands for two types of organisations:

1. A name used by a number of paramilitary organisations created by ethnic Germans in Central and Eastern Europe
2. A name for self-defence measures and units in ethnic German, Austrian, and Swiss civil defence.

Para-military organisation

Selbstschutz as a para-military organisation was formed both after World War I in territories inhabited by Germans outside of Germany before the beginning of World War II; notably in Poland, the Free City of Danzig, Czechoslovakia and Russian Empire^{[Clarification needed]}

References

• Jansen, Christian; Weckbecker, Arno (1992). Der "Volksdeutsche Selbstschutz" in Polen 1939/40 (Schriftenreihe der Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte - Bd. 64). München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag. ISBN 3-486-64564-1. 
• C. Henry Smith, Revised and expanded by Cornelius Krahn (1981), "Smith's Story of the Mennonites", Faith and Life Press, Newton, Kansas, ISBN 0-87303-069-9
• Browning, Christopher R. (2004). The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939-March 1942. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1327-1. 
• "Germany and Eastern Europe: Cultural Identities and Cultural Differences", Keith Bullivant, Geoffrey Giles, Walter Pap
• "Selbstschutz im Luftschutz. Eine Anweisung für jedermann über Schutz und Verhalten bei Fliegerangriffen". E. Ohlenhof, H. von Mutius, Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Selbstschutz Verlag, s.d. [circa], 1925.

External links

• (German) Selbstschutz, Deutsche und Polen
• (Polish) Hitler's preparations for aggression and extermination against Poles in Pomorze, Gdańsk and Free City of Danzig from Polish State Museum of Stutthof
• (German) de:Bundesverband für den Selbstschutz Wikipedia entry about the former German Selbstschutz civil defence organisation
• (German) [1] Explanation of Selbschutz in Austrian Civil Defense
• (German) [2] Training of civilian population against catastrophes by the Selbstschutz service of the Munich Fire Brigade