List of Nazi Party organizations explained

A list of organizations established by or closely associated with the Nazi Party, sortable by their German or English title.

German nameEnglish nameDescriptionDate founded
AhnenerbeAncestral HeritageA think tank to research the history of the Aryan race; see also List of Ahnenerbe institutes1935
Amerikadeutscher BundGerman American BundAn American Nazi organization
Anti-KominternAnti-CominternAn agency for anti-Soviet propaganda1933
Bund Deutscher MädelLeague of German GirlsThe female branch of the Nazi youth movement
BDM Werk Glaube und SchönheitLeague of German Girls Belief and Beauty SocietyOrganisation for girls aged 17 to 211938
Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF)German Labour FrontNazi trade union organization1933
Deutsche ChristenbewegungGerman Christians MovementA Nazi Christian pressure group and movement1931
Deutsche GlaubensbewegungGerman Faith MovementA non-Christian Nazi religious movement1933
Deutscher Radfahrer-VerbandGerman Cycling AssociationThe cycling unit of the Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen
Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (DVS)German Air Transport SchoolA covert military training organization1925
Freigemeinschaft von TeutoniaFree Society of TeutoniaPro-Nazi German American Association
Freundeskreis der WirtschaftCircle of Friends of the EconomyA group of industrialists who raised funds for Nazi racial research
Freunde des Neuen DeutschlandFriends of New GermanyAn American Nazi organization1933
Hitler JugendHitler YouthMale branch of the Nazi youth organization1922
LebensbornFount of LifeAn organization providing financial assistance to the wives of SS members1935
Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen (NSRL)National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical ExerciseNazi organization for sports
PropagandaministeriumReich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and PropagandaOne of the terms for the main Nazi propaganda organization1933
Schönheit der ArbeitBeauty of LabourA propaganda organization1934
Schutzstaffel (SS)Defense SquadronA paramilitary organisation directly commanded by Adolf Hitler, associated with the genocide of European Jews1933