Żegota

Żegota [ ʒɛɡɔta ] was the code name for the Council for Aid to Jews (Polish: Rada Pomocy Żydom ), an underground organization in German-occupied Poland, which functioned between 1942 and 1945 and was under the patronage of the Polish government in exile. With the help of thousands of Polish Jews could be saved. Most fake ID documents were for the Jews who were hiding on the "Aryan" side, procured, and organized financial support and medical care.

History

The Council for Aid to Jews was founded in December 1942 as a continuation of an earlier secret committee, the Provisional Committee for the Jews help was called (Polish Tymczasowy Komitet Pomocy Żydom ) and was founded in September 1942 by Zofia Kossak - Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska - Filipowicz.

In Warsaw alone, more than 2,500 Jewish children were children of Żegotas department Irena Sendler smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto and Polish families or in orphanages that were run by convents or city governments, housed. Far apart are the estimates of how many refugees were financially supported by Żegota: The figures vary for Warsaw between a few hundred to four thousand people. One of the most famous personalities who were active in the Żegota, the former Polish Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski.