The Council to Aid Jews, or "Żegota", was the continuation of an earlier aid organization, the Provisional Committee to Aid Jews ("Tymczasowy Komitet Pomocy Żydom"), that was founded on 27 September 1942 by Polish Catholic activists Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz ("Alinka"). The Provisional Committee cared for as many as 180 people, but due to political and financial reasons it was dissolved and replaced by Żegota on December 4, 1942. One of the co-founders of Żegota was Henryk Woliński of the Home Army ("AK") who helped integrate it with the Polish Underground State. Woliński is also credited with developing the idea for this organization.