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type: CorporateBody
sources: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / R. Rozett, S. Spector. – Jerusalem, 2006. – p. 165
date: 1940/1945
has or had agent name: RGO
has or had agent name: Central Welfare Council
history: 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.
is or was subject of: us-005578-irn593157
is or was subject of: il-002798-m 28
name: Rada Główna Opiekuńcza