Żegota

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Polish underground organization World War II resistance organization organization aiding Jews during the Holocaust

Żegota was a clandestine Polish World War II organization dedicated to rescuing and aiding Jews under Nazi occupation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Żegota canonical	9
Zegota	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T332772 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Żegota
Context triple: [Polish Underground State, notableOrganizationWithin, Żegota]

A. Układ Warszawski
Układ Warszawski was a Cold War-era military alliance of Eastern Bloc socialist states led by the Soviet Union, formed in 1955 as a counterbalance to NATO.
B. Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.
C. Skawina
Skawina is a town in southern Poland near Kraków, known for its industrial facilities and role as a local economic and transport hub.
D. Gorlice
Gorlice is a historic town in southern Poland known for its role in the World War I Battle of Gorlice–Tarnów and its early oil industry.
E. Polish Armed Forces in the East
The Polish Armed Forces in the East were Polish military units formed under Soviet auspices during World War II that fought alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Żegota
Target entity description: Żegota was a clandestine Polish World War II organization dedicated to rescuing and aiding Jews under Nazi occupation.

A. Układ Warszawski
Układ Warszawski was a Cold War-era military alliance of Eastern Bloc socialist states led by the Soviet Union, formed in 1955 as a counterbalance to NATO.
B. Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection between World War I and World War II, centered on the port city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and contested by both Germany and Poland.
C. Skawina
Skawina is a town in southern Poland near Kraków, known for its industrial facilities and role as a local economic and transport hub.
D. Gorlice
Gorlice is a historic town in southern Poland known for its role in the World War I Battle of Gorlice–Tarnów and its early oil industry.
E. Polish Armed Forces in the East
The Polish Armed Forces in the East were Polish military units formed under Soviet auspices during World War II that fought alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish underground organization ⓘ World War II resistance organization ⓘ organization aiding Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
activity	distribution of money to Jewish families ⓘ placement of Jewish children with Polish families ⓘ production of false identity papers ⓘ support for Jews in concentration camps ⓘ support for Jews in ghettos ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Council to Aid Jews ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Jewish underground organizations ⓘ Home Army (Armia Krajowa) ⓘ surface form: Polish Home Army
country	Poland ⓘ
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
documentedIn	Holocaust historiography ⓘ
foundedBy	Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz ⓘ Zofia Kossak-Szczucka ⓘ
hasEthicalStance	opposition to antisemitism ⓘ
headquarters	Warsaw ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Holocaust ⓘ surface form: Holocaust in Poland
ideology	anti-Nazi ⓘ humanitarianism ⓘ
inception	1942 ⓘ
languageOfName	Polish ⓘ
memberOf	Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Polish resistance movement
nativeName	Rada Pomocy Żydom ⓘ
notableMember	Adolf Berman ⓘ Irena Sendler ⓘ Julian Grobelny ⓘ Władysław Bartoszewski ⓘ
operatedIn	German occupation of Poland ⓘ surface form: German-occupied Poland Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ surface form: Warsaw Ghetto surroundings
opposedTo	Holocaust policies ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government Delegation for Poland ⓘ
partOf	Polish Underground State ⓘ
predecessor	Provisional Committee to Aid Jews ⓘ
purpose	aid to Jews in hiding ⓘ financial support for Jews ⓘ forging documents for Jews ⓘ organizing hiding places for Jews ⓘ rescue of Jews ⓘ support for Jewish children ⓘ
recognizedFor	rescue of thousands of Jews ⓘ
riskLevel	punishable by death under Nazi law ⓘ
subjectOf	research on Polish-Jewish relations in World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish Underground State → notableOrganizationWithin → Żegota ⓘ

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka → coFounded → Żegota ⓘ

Council to Aid Jews → hasAlias → Żegota ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zegota

Rada Pomocy Żydom → hasAlias → Żegota ⓘ

Irena Sendler → memberOf → Żegota ⓘ

Władysław Bartoszewski → memberOf → Żegota ⓘ

Julian Grobelny → memberOf → Żegota ⓘ

Adolf Berman → memberOf → Żegota ⓘ

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (intelligence support) → coFounded → Żegota ⓘ

subject surface form: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

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