Żegota was a Polish World War II resistance organization founded by the Armia Krajowa to help the Jews during the Holocaust. Żegota may also refer to: Żegota, a Polish male name of Slavic origin; its Christian counterpart is the name of Ignatius Żegota, nom de guerre of two Polish 20th century generals: Marian Żegota-Januszajtis and Tadeusz Kurcyusz Żegota, a punk rock band that emerged as part of the CrimethInc. movement in the late 1990s