Council to Aid Jews

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Council to Aid Jews was the underground Polish World War II organization Żegota, dedicated to rescuing and providing aid to Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.

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Council to Aid Jews canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust rescue organization
Polish resistance organization
World War II resistance organization
resistance organization
underground organization
activeDuring Holocaust
activity organizing hiding places
providing false identity documents
providing financial support
providing food and medical care
supporting children in orphanages and convents
conflict World War II
country Poland
foundedBy Jewish activists in occupied Poland
Polish Underground State
surface form: Polish Underground State authorities

representatives of Polish political parties
hasAlias Żegota
surface form: Zegota

Żegota
hasEthnicFocus Jews
hasHistoricalContext Final Solution
German occupation of Poland
hasMoralStance humanitarian rescue
historicalPeriod 20th century
ideology anti-Nazism
language Polish
movement Polish Underground State
notableFor being one of the few state-supported organizations dedicated solely to saving Jews during the Holocaust
systematic aid to Jews in occupied Poland
operatedAs clandestine organization
operatedIn occupied Poland
operationalStatus illegal under Nazi law
opposed Nazi persecution of Jews
opposedBy Nazi Germany
partOf Polish Underground State
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
surface form: Polish resistance movement
persecutedBy German occupation authorities
Gestapo
purpose providing aid to Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany
rescue of Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany
riskLevel punishable by death under Nazi occupation
subjectOf Holocaust historiography
studies of Polish–Jewish relations during World War II
typeOfAid legal aid through forged papers
logistical aid for hiding and escape
material aid
victimGroupAssisted European Jews
Polish Jews

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Żegota alsoKnownAs Council to Aid Jews
Rada Pomocy Żydom hasAlias Council to Aid Jews
Rada Pomocy Żydom nameMeaning Council to Aid Jews