Nazi Party/Foreign Organization

The Nazi Party/Foreign Organization was a branch of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei [NSDAP], "National Socialist German Workers' Party") and the 43rd and only non-territorial Gau ("region") of the Party. In German, the organization is referred to as NSDAP/AO, "AO" being the abbreviation of the German compound word Auslands-Organisation ("Foreign Organization"}. Although Auslands-Organisation would be correctly written as one word, the Nazis chose an obsolete spelling with a hyphen.

Nazi Party/Foreign Organization

The Nazi Party/Foreign Organization was a branch of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei [NSDAP], "National Socialist German Workers' Party") and the 43rd and only non-territorial Gau ("region") of the Party. In German, the organization is referred to as NSDAP/AO, "AO" being the abbreviation of the German compound word Auslands-Organisation ("Foreign Organization"}. Although Auslands-Organisation would be correctly written as one word, the Nazis chose an obsolete spelling with a hyphen.