Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie
- Polish Government-in-Exile
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