Council to Aid Jews

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Council to Aid Jews was the underground Polish World War II organization Żegota, dedicated to rescuing and providing aid to Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Council to Aid Jews canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust rescue organization ⓘ
Polish resistance organization ⓘ
World War II resistance organization ⓘ
resistance organization ⓘ
underground organization ⓘ
activeDuring Holocaust ⓘ
activity organizing hiding places ⓘ
providing false identity documents ⓘ
providing financial support ⓘ
providing food and medical care ⓘ
supporting children in orphanages and convents ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
foundedBy Jewish activists in occupied Poland ⓘ
Polish Underground State authorities ⓘ
representatives of Polish political parties ⓘ
hasAlias Zegota ⓘ
linked to: Żegota

Żegota ⓘ
hasEthnicFocus Jews ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Final Solution ⓘ
German occupation of Poland ⓘ
hasMoralStance humanitarian rescue ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
ideology anti-Nazism ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
movement Polish Underground State ⓘ
notableFor being one of the few state-supported organizations dedicated solely to saving Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
systematic aid to Jews in occupied Poland ⓘ
operatedAs clandestine organization ⓘ
operatedIn occupied Poland ⓘ
operationalStatus illegal under Nazi law ⓘ
opposed Nazi persecution of Jews ⓘ
opposedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Polish Underground State ⓘ
Polish resistance movement ⓘ
persecutedBy German occupation authorities ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ
purpose providing aid to Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany ⓘ
rescue of Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany ⓘ
riskLevel punishable by death under Nazi occupation ⓘ
subjectOf Holocaust historiography ⓘ
studies of Polish–Jewish relations during World War II ⓘ
typeOfAid legal aid through forged papers ⓘ
logistical aid for hiding and escape ⓘ
material aid ⓘ
victimGroupAssisted European Jews ⓘ
Polish Jews ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Żegota → alsoKnownAs → Council to Aid Jews ⓘ
Rada Pomocy Żydom → hasAlias → Council to Aid Jews ⓘ
Rada Pomocy Żydom → nameMeaning → Council to Aid Jews ⓘ