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Organizations established in 1939

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Reich Main Security Office
central Intelligence and Police Service (usually in plain clothes) of the SS under the National Socialist regime in Germany from 1939 (to 1945)
National Film Board of Canada
Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor
Broadcast Music, Inc.
performing rights organization in the United States
Camphill Movement
special education
Ossewabrandwag
The Ossewabrandwag (OB) (, from and - Ox-wagon Sentinel) was an Afrikaner nationalist organization, founded in South Africa in Bloemfontein on 4 February 1939. It was strongly opposed to South African participation in World War II, had hostile views toward the United Kingdom and was sympathetic to Nazi Germany. In late 1940, the Ossewabrandwag plotted a pro-German insurrection against Prime Minister Jan Smuts; however, the plan was aborted.
JASRAC
Japanese rights society
Norwegian People's Aid
Norwegian non-governmental organisation
Swing Kids
The Swing Youth () were a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Germany formed in Hamburg in 1939. Primarily active in Hamburg and Berlin, they were composed of 14- to 21-year-old Germans, mostly middle or upper-class students, but also including some in the working class. They admired the "American way of life", defining themselves in swing music and opposing Nazism, especially the Hitler Youth (). They loosely structured themselves into “clubs” with names such as the Harlem Club, the OK Gang, and the Hot Club. This underground subculture, distinctly nonconformist with a focus on A
National Information Standards Organization
national standards organisation
Reich Representation of Jews in Germany
Jewish umbrella organisation formed in Nazi Germany
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
nonprofit organization
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
joint military aircrew training program during World War II
Italian society of economics demography and statistics
organization
America Israel Cultural Foundation
US cultural organization that promotes Israeli culture
Entertainments National Service Association
organisation providing entertainment for British armed forces personnel during WWII
Stiftung Nordhav
foundation controlled by the SS
Irish Red Cross Society
National Red Cross Society in Ireland
International Cotton Advisory Committee
intergovernmental organization
Overseas Press Club
nonprofit organization in New York, United States
DELASEM
Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants (Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei) or DELASEM, was an Italian and Jewish resistance organization that worked in Italy between 1939 and 1947. It is estimated that during World War II, DELASEM was able to distribute more than $1,200,000 in aid, of which nearly $900,000 came from outside Italy.
Society for Macedonian Studies
scientific organization for the study of the history and culture of Macedonia in Greece
Academia Belgica
Belgian cultural institution located in Italy
BBC Monitoring
organization
Midwest Political Science Association
professional association of political science scholars and students in the United States
Obrana národa
Czech resistance organization in World War II
Women's Land Army
British civilian organization (1915-1919 and 1939-1949)
Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes
French political organization