Żegota

By brooke ondayog
  • World War II Begins

    World War II Begins

    Germany invades Poland
  • anti-Jewish decrees are issued

    anti-Jewish decrees are issued

    in Warsaw
  • Warsaw ghetto created

    Warsaw ghetto created

  • Warsaw is sealed

    Warsaw is sealed

    450,000 Jews still remain inside
  • Warsaw Jews deported

    Warsaw Jews deported

    large-scale deportation from Warsaw to Treblinka extermination camp
  • Zegota is established

    Zegota is established

  • Zegota joins Polish resistance

    Zegota joins Polish resistance

    becomes one branch of the underground organization
  • Warsaw ghetto uprising begins

    Warsaw ghetto uprising begins

  • Children's Bureau of Zegota is established

    Children's Bureau of Zegota is established

    by Irena Sendler
  • Zegota moves headquarters

    Zegota moves headquarters

    moves to Milanowek (20 miles west of Warsaw)
  • Warsaw liberated

    Warsaw liberated

    by Soviet Army