NSKOV

The Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung (NSKOV), meaning "National Socialist War Victim's Care" was a social welfare organization for seriously wounded veterans as well as frontline fighters of World War I. The NSKOV was established in 1934 and was affiliated to the NSDAP (Nazi party).^[1]

After Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, the American Military Government issued a special law outlawing the Nazi party and all of its branches. Known as "Law number five", this Denazification decree disbanded the NSKOV, like all organizations linked to the Nazi Party. The organizations taking care of the welfare for World War I veterans had to be established anew during the postwar reconstruction of both West Germany and the DDR.

See also

• Deutscher Kriegerbund

Notes and references

1. ^ Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg NS-Kriegsopferversorgung Württemberg-Hohenzollern

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

• NSKOV ceremony
• History: Property control in the U.S.-occupied area of Germany