The Union was first founded as the Union of Ukrainian Student Organizations in Germany and Danzig (SUSOND) in Berlin in August 1924. It served as an umbrella organization for six student organizations in Berlin, Danzig, and Königsberg. As its membership decline over the next decade, the organization accepted in 1938 the Sich student societies in Vienna and Graz, Austria, and in 1939 the Ukrainian Academic Hromada in Prague. The union was renamed the Nationalist Organization of Ukrainian Students in Germany (NOUS) in 1941. Centered in Berlin, NOUS coordinated the activities of its branches in Central Europe (1941-1945) and Ukrainian émigré student societies located primarily in Vienna, Graz, Prague, Berlin, Breslau, Danzig, and Leipzig. The organization changed its name from Nationalist to National in 1945, and was reorganized as the Union of Ukrainian Student Associations in Germany ( SUSON ) in December 1949 when the headquarters of the Central Union of Ukrainian Students (TseSUS) moved from Munich to Paris. SUSON became the central Ukrainian student organization in Germany and supported the work of its many member student associations.
From the guide to the Records, 1942-1960., (Ukrainian Research Institute Library, Harvard University)
