Żegota was the Polish Council to Aid Jews with the Government Delegation for Poland, an underground Polish resistance organization, and part of the Polish Underground State, active 1942–45 in German-occupied Poland. Wikipedia
Founders: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Henryk Woliński
Founded: September 27, 1942
Headquarters: Warsaw
Predecessor: Provisional Committee to Aid Jews
Purpose: Help and distribution of relief funds to Polish Jews in World War II