Żydowska Opieka Społeczna

• Jewish Social Self-Help-Coordinating Commission
• ŻSS-KK

• EHRI Corporate Bodies
• Corporate Body
• Updated 1 decade ago

The Żydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna-Komisja Koordynacyjna was renamed the Żydowskie Towarzystwo Opieki Społecznej (Jewish Social Welfare Association) in 1940-10 and Żydowska Opieka Społeczna in 1941-11. This organization had a modest and ever more greatly reduced agenda (assistance for the hungry, care of deportees), but in reality it was one of the most important centers of community life in the ghetto. It also retained coordinating functions in relation to other welfare associations and supervision of the house committees and refugee centers.

• Jewish Social Welfare Association
• ŻTOS

• EHRI Corporate Bodies
• Corporate Body
• Updated 1 decade ago

1940-10/1941-11

Żydowskie Towarzystwo Opieki Społecznej was set up in 1940-10 to replace the independent Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna Komisja Koordynacyjna (Jewish Social Self-Help-Coordinating Commission) representing the social sector of the welfare institutions. The new organization was made subordinate to the Jewish Welfare Committee of the City of Warsaw (ZKOM), the institution licensed by the Germans. In 1941-11 ZTOS lost its autonomy and under a new name – Żydowska Opieka Społeczna (Jewish Social Welfare) – became a section of the ŻKOM.