Centralna Komisja Uchodźców

  • Central Commission for Refugees
  • CKU
Identifier
507
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

The Area Associations set up the Centralna Komisja Uchodźców with sections for welfare work, provisioning, kitchens, craft production, clothing, housing, individual assistance, sanitation, and finance. One of the tasks of CKU was to help deportees find work and income. The CKU also acted as an arbitration tribunal.

Places

  • Founded and active in Poland.

Sources

  • The Warsaw ghetto : a guide to the perished city / B. Engelking, J. Leociak. - New Haven, 2009. - p. 315