Żydowski Komitet Narodowy

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Founded in 1939

The Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie was located in France after the German-Russian occupation in 1939 and relocated to London after the fall of France in 1940. Several Jews were affiliated with this body, which also supported Żegota and the Żydowski Komitet Narodowy (Jewish National Committee). It received dispatches from the Armia Krajowa about the Final Solution. The Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie was apprised of the fate of the Jews via a cable from the Polish underground in the summer of 1942. It urged the Allies to initiate a retaliation plan against German...

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Founded in 1942-07-28

Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa was set up in 1942. A more broad-based Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa was set up on 1942-10-15. The political leadership of ŻOB was the Żydowski Komitet Narodowy (Jewish National Committee), and the organization had about 500 members. Its units fought in the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto under the command of Mordechaj Anielewicz.