Polish Council to Aid Jews (Żegota)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Polish_Council_to_Aid_Jews_(Żegota)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:freedom_fighter underground organization
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:activity	financial support medical assistance child rescue finding hiding places providing false documents organizing escapes
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Żegota Rada Pomocy Żydom
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	December 4 (Żegota Day in Poland)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:dissolved	1945
gptkbp:founded	1942
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Adolf_Berman gptkb:Henryk_Woliński gptkb:Julian_Grobelny gptkb:Leon_Feiner gptkb:Tadeusz_Rek gptkb:Wanda_Krahelska-Filipowicz gptkb:Zofia_Kossak-Szczucka
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	only government-sponsored organization in occupied Europe to aid Jews
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Polish Council to Aid Jews (Żegota)
gptkbp:notableAction	saving thousands of Jews distribution of food and medicine rescue of Jewish children from Warsaw Ghetto collaboration with Catholic clergy collaboration with Polish Home Army production of false identity papers support for Jewish families in hiding
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Alina_Margolis-Edelman gptkb:Adolf_Berman gptkb:Henryk_Woliński gptkb:Julian_Grobelny gptkb:Tadeusz_Rek gptkb:Wanda_Krahelska-Filipowicz gptkb:Irena_Sendler gptkb:Władysław_Bartoszewski gptkb:Zofia_Kossak-Szczucka
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Kraków gptkb:Lwów gptkb:Warsaw gptkb:General_Government
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Government_Delegation_for_Poland gptkb:Polish_Underground_State
gptkbp:purpose	aid to Jews rescue of Jews from the Holocaust
gptkbp:recognizedBy	gptkb:Yad_Vashem
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Witold_Bieńkowski
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7