Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie

  • Polish Government-in-Exile
Identifier
417
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1939

History

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 Germany, but to no avail. It also encouraged the Warsaw Polish Uprising. Its diplomatic pouch from agents in Switzerland proved to be an invaluable source of information on the Jewish genocide.

Places

  • Active in France and the United Kingdom.

Sources

  • Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 233