Abbreviations

AA
German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt)

AFL
American Federation of Labor, USA

AFSC
American Friends’ Service Committee (Quakers), USA

AJC
American Jewish Committee, USA

ARC
American Red Cross, USA

BDS
Chief German Security Official (Befehlshaber der Sicherheitsdienstes)

HIAS
Hebrew Immigrant Aid and Sheltering Society, headquarters New York, USA

HICEM
Umbrella organization composed of HIAS, ICA, and EMIGDIREKT (Berlin Aid Society)

ICRC
International Committee for the Red Cross

IMS
International Migration Service

NRS
National Refugee Service, USA

RELICO
Relief Committee for the War-Stricken Jewish Population, Geneva, Switzerland

RSHA
Reich Security Division (Reichssicherheitshauptamt)

SD
Germany Security Service, a division of the RSHA (Sicherheitsdienst)

SIPO
Germany Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei)

USC
Unitarian Service Committee, headquarters, USA (non-Jewish)

WIZO
Women’s International Zionist Organization

YMCA
Young Men’s Christian Association, USA 

Updated November 24, 2021