Antyfaszystowska Organizacja Bojowa (
Polish for Anti-Fascist Military Organisation) was an underground organization formed in
1942 in the Ghetto in
Białystok by former officers of the
Polish Land Forces. It took part in the
Białystok Ghetto Uprising.Its tasks included organisation of escape routes for the people incarcerated in the Ghetto as well as gathering arms and equipment for the future fight against the Germans. Since February
1943 it carried over many attacks on German authorities and armed forces operating in the Ghetto. On
August 15,
1943, the AOB members started an ill-fated struggle against the
liquidation of the Ghetto, which is known as the Białystok Ghetto Uprising.
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