Rada Główna Opiekuńcza

Rada Główna Opiekuńcza 

Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / R. Rozett, S. Spector. – Jerusalem, 2006. – p. 165 

Rada Główna Opiekuńcza was a social welfare organization manned by Polish volunteers, and it was active in the Generalgouvernement from 1940/1945. The RGO was supervised by the German occupying authorities, but helped both Poles and Jews. The RGO was also in contact with the Polish underground. In 1941 one million people received aid from the RGO; in the fall of 1944, 1.2 million people were aid recipients.