Rada Pomocy Żydom

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Rada Pomocy Żydom was the Polish underground organization in World War II, commonly known as Żegota, dedicated to rescuing Jews from the Holocaust under Nazi occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish underground organization
World War II resistance movement
resistance organization
collaboratedWith Catholic clergy in Poland
Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: Polish Home Army
conflict World War II
country Poland
dateFounded 1942
December 1942
disbanded after World War II
foundedBy Government Delegation for Poland
surface form: Polish Government Delegation for Poland

Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
hasAlias Provisional Committee to Aid Jews
surface form: Council for Aid to Jews

Council to Aid Jews
Żegota
hasWikipediaArticle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBegota
historicalSignificance one of the few state-supported organizations in occupied Europe dedicated solely to saving Jews
ideology humanitarianism
languageOfName Polish
locationFounded Warsaw
mainPurpose providing aid to Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany
rescue of Jews from the Holocaust
nameMeaning Council to Aid Jews
notableMember Adolf Berman NERFINISHED
Alina Margolis
Ferdynand Arczyński
Irena Sendler
Julian Grobelny
Tadeusz Rek
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
Władysław Bartoszewski
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
operatedIn occupied Poland
operatedInCity Kraków
Lwów
Warsaw
operatedInRegion General Government
opposed Nazi Germany
partOf Polish Underground State
Polish resistance movement in World War II
riskLevel punishable by death under Nazi occupation
supportedBy Polish government-in-exile
surface form: Polish Government-in-Exile
usedMethod financial support for Jews in hiding
organizing hiding places for Jews
providing false identity documents
supporting escape from camps
supporting escape from ghettos
victimGroupHelped Jewish children
Polish Jews

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Żegota nativeName Rada Pomocy Żydom