Żegota

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


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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
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 in Poland
ideology anti-Nazi
humanitarianism
inception 1942
languageOfName Polish
memberOf Polish resistance movement
nativeName Rada Pomocy Żydom
notableMember Adolf Berman
Irena Sendler
Julian Grobelny
Władysław Bartoszewski
operatedIn German-occupied Poland
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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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Polish Underground State
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