 The third incarnation operated in territories of Central and Eastern Europe before and after the beginning of World War II notably in Poland, the Free City of Danzig, Czechoslovakia and Ukraine.This "Selbstschutz" organization took on the character of the Nazi-era in which it was formulated and organized.In 1938, a campaign was started by local "Selbstschutz" in the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland in order to subjugate the local Czechs prior to the Munich Conference.