Content posted March 17, 2024 |
Registry of Jewish Rescuers (A-C)
* = killed
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Name
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Location
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Description/Organization[Reference(s)]
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Dr. Moses (Mussa) Abadie
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France
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Children’s Aid Rescue Society (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants; OSE)
Marcel Network
[Lazare,1996 pp.193, 232; Samuel pp. 88-89]
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George Abrash
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Paterson, NJ, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
[JDC Annual Report]
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Eugene Ach
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Cincinati, OH, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
[JDC Annual Report]
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E.P. Adler
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Davenport, Iowa, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
[JDC Annual Report]
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Ernst Ables
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Slovakia
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Working Group (Pracovna Skupina)
Nebenregieruing
Zionist; community leader
[Kranzler, 1991]
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Albert Abrahamson
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New York City, USA
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Executive director, National Refugee Service, Inc. (NRC)
[Zucker, 2008, p. 60]
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Jose Abulker (b. 1921)
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Algeria
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Leader, resistance and rescue movement
[Encyclpoedia Judaica, 1971, p. 617; Rayski, 2005, pp. 255-256; Steinberg, 1978, pp. 120-127]
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Raphael Abulker
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Algeria
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Resistance and rescue movement
[Encyclpoedia Judaica, 1971, p. 617; Rayski, 2005, pp. 255-256; Steinberg, 1978, pp. 120-127]
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Stephane Abulker
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Algeria
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Resistance and rescue movement
[Encyclpoedia Judaica, 1971, p.617; Steinberg, 1978, pp. 120-127]
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Dr. Dezsö Acél
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Budapest, Hungary
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Physician, medical relief activist
Set up hospitals in Budapest Ghetto, 1944
[Braham, 1981.]
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György Aczél
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Budapest, Hungary
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Communist Party Liaison with Rescue Committee of Budapest
[Biss, 1975, pp. 180-181; Cohen, 1986, pp. 206-207]
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György (George) Adam
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Budapest, Hungary
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Self-appointed “Second Secretary” to the Vatican Nunciatura
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Betzalel Adler (1924-1988)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hehalutz Hatzair
Dror Habonim
Rescue and resistance
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Cyrus Adler (1863-1940)
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USA
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Founding member, JDC, 1914; chairman cult. comm.. 1920-1940; rescue advocate
[JDC Archives, NY; Cohen, 1987.]
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Hermann Adler
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Budapest, Hungary
Vilna, Bialystok, Warsaw Ghettos
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Underground activist
Helped Jews escape ghettos, provided forged documents, warned Jews and others
[Braham, 1981.]
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Jacques Adler
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France
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Armed underground resistance, Union de Resistance de la Jeunesse Juive – MOI (Union of Jewish Youth)
[Rayski, 2005, pp. 50, 227, 272-273, 292]
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Mordechai (György) Adler (1920-1948)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair, rescue
[Gur, 2007, p.32]
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Mordechai Adler (Mátyás Ádler) (1915-2000)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair, rescue
[Gur, 2007, pp. 32-33]
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Nesher (Ferenc) Adler* (1923-1944)
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Budapest, Hungary; Slovakia
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Leader, Hashomer Hatzair 1943-1944
Rescuer
Captured and deported to Auschwitz, 1944, murdered
[Gur 2007. p.33; Koblik 1988; Porat 1990, pp.116-117]
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Salomon Adler-Rudel (1894-1967)
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Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Europe
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Central Committee of German Jews for Relief and Reconstruction (Zentralausschus der Deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau)
Secretary General, German Jews’ Organization, 1934-1936
Jewish Agency for Palestine, Yishuv emissary, Europe
Zionist Federation for Germany
Administrator, Central British Fund
Vice President, Zionist Federation in Great Britain, 1936-1945
[Friling, 2005; Yahil, 1969]
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Ya’akov Adoram (Friedman Károly), (1925-2003)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Bnei Akiva
Rescue and relief
[Gur, 2007, p.33]
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Moshe Agami (Moshe Auerbuch)
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Vienna, Austria
Geneva, Switzerland
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He-Halutz Emissary; Mossad Aliya Bet agent
Board of Directors, JDC
Rescue Activist
[Avriel, 1975; Frilling, 2005; Ofer, 1990, p.43]
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Efra Agmon (Erno Teichman), b. 1922
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Budapest, Hungary
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Halutz Resistance, leader
Hashomer Hatzair
Rescue and Relief Committee
Worked with Swiss legation
[Cohen 1986; Gur 2007. P.34]
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Tzipor “Tzipi” Agmon (Franciska Schechter), (1920-1966)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Rescue and relief activist
[Gur 2007. P.35]
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Shmuel-Yosef Agnon
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Palestine
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Al-Domi (No Silence); rescue activist
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Gershon Agronsky (Agron)
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Palestine
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Journalist-editor, Palestine Post
Operated for Yishuv Intelligence Department
Negotiated rescue operations
[Frilling, 2005]
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Aharon Aharonovits
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Vilna, Lithuania
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Partisan commander “Ha-Ma’avak” (The Struggle) battalion; took in escaped Jews from ghettoes
[Levin, 1984]
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Albert Akerberg
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Paris, France
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Sixième (The Sixth) – Éducation Physique
French Jewish Scouts (EIF)
UGIF-South, Social Services
[Adler, 1987; Cohen ,1987, p. 97; Lazare, 1996, pp. 181, 198; Rayski, 2005, p. 308]
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Lionello Alatri
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Rome, Italy
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Jewish community leader; worked with Settimo Sorani of DELASEM
[Leboucher; Zuccoti 1987]
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Eliahu Alberstein
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Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
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Leader, Jewish Fighting Union (ZZW)
[Gutman, 1994, p. 169]
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Dr. Ester Alexander (Vera Neuman), (1929-2005)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Rescue and relief
Worked in Swiss Glass House, distributed protective papers
[Gur 2007. P.35]
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Lester Alexander
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Toledo, OH, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
[JDC Annual Report]
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Léon Algazi
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France
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Central Consistory, Office of Studies
[Lazare, 1996, pp. 122, 310]
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Ruth Klueger-Aliav
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Romania
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Mossad Aliyah Bet rescue leader
Worked with Af-Al-Pi (“Despite Everything”)
Perl Transport
Arranged refugee escapes
[Klueger, 1973, autobiography;
Levin, 1968, p. 139;
Perl, 1978, pp. 202-204; Avriel, 1975, pp. 85-87]
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David Alkalary
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Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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President of the Jewish Community of Belgrade
Helped Jews escape; worked with Mossad le Aliya Bet
[Avriel, 1975, pp. 239-247]
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Professor Emil Allard and Mrs. Allard
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Belgium
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Leader, Comité de Defense des Juifs (Jewish Defense Committee)
Children’s Committee
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Helene Allatini
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Paris, France
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Helped refugees who came through France
[Ben Ami, 1982, pp. 208-209, 212]
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Sidney J. Allen
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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[JDC Archives, NY Files 450-451; JDC Annual Report]
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Dante Almansi
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Italy
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DELASEM (Aid Commission for Jewish Refugees; Delegazione Assistenza Emigranti)
Chairman, Union of Jewish Communities of Italy
[Leboucher
Sarfati 2006.]
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Moshe Alpan (Pil; Marton Elefant), (1918-2006)
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Budapest, Hungary; Slovakia
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Leader, Hashomer Hatzair (Zionist Youth Movement)
Leader, Tiyyul
Rescued Jews in Labor Battalions
Worked with Swiss legation (Carl Lutz)
Established children’s homes
[Cohen (1986)
Gur (2007) pp. 36-37]
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Tova Alpan (Gertrude Diamant; alias “Anna Schmidt”), (1924-1995)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Distributed forged documents, helped children and refugees, liaison
[Gur p.38]
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Yuhuda Alpar (György Alpár), (b. 1928)
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Slovaki; Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Tiyyul activist
[Gur 2007. P.38]
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Abraham Alperine
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France
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Federation des Sociétés Juives de France (FSJF)
Leader, Amelot, after Rappoport arrested in early 1944
[Lazare, 1996, p. 153; Adler, 1987]
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George Alpert
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Boston, MA, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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Louis Alster
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USA
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Assistant Secretary, United Galician Jews of America
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Lionello
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Leon Alter
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Poland
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Executive director, JEAS (HIAS-ICA), Poland
[Ginzberg 1942.
Hias archive, Yivo Wischnitzer 1956.]
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Alexander Altman
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New York, USA
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President, Association of Hungarian Jews of America
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Dr. Aryeh Altman
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Istanbul; Palestine
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Head of Hatzohar movement; revisionist leader; rescue activist; worked with Al-Domi leaders
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Rosa Altman
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Minsk Ghetto
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Ghetto underground
Head of Labor Exchange
[Epstein, 2008, pp. 142, 164]
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Tossia Altman*
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Warsaw Ghetto, Poland; Lithuania
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Leader, Hashomer Hatzair, Poland; she provided information to ghettoes; fought Warsaw Ghetto uprising; killed
[Porat, 1990, p. 307; Barkai, 1962, p. 361]
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Herbert Altschul
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Norfolk, VA, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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Manuel Alvez
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Lisbon, Portugal
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World Jewish Congress (WJC)
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Dr. Tzvi Am-Ad (Schwatz György), (b. 1921)
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Slovakia; Hungary
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Leader, Maccabi Hatzair
Leader of Tiyyul in Hungary
Arrested
[Gur, 2007, p.39]
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Amram Amir (Alfréd Grünwald), (1923-1998)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Rescue and relief
[Gur, 2007, p.39]
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Miriam Amir (Mária “Marcsa” Spinner), (b. 1922)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Rescue and relief
Helped refugees, distributed documents
[Gur, 2007, p.40]
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Rechav Amir
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Yugoslavia
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Yishuv parachutist, liaison to partisans
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Abraham Amram
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Lisbon, Portugal; Spain
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HIAS-ICA representative in Spain and Portugal
[Ginzberg 1942. P.182
HIAS Archives, Yivo Wischnitzer 1956.
Wischnitzer 1956.]
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Professor Moses B. Amzalak
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Lisbon, Portugal
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Representative, Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Founder and leader, Relief Committee for the German and Polish Refugees, established 1933
[Ginzberg 1942. Pp. 170-171
HIAS Archives, Yivo Wischnitzer 1956.
Wischnitzer 1956]
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Gideon Andor
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hatzalah rescuer
[Lambert 1974. P. 213]
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Moshe (Gyorgy) Anglusz (b. 1924)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Maccabi Hatzair
Distributed protective documents
Worked in Glass House
[Gur 2007. P. 40]
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Mordechai Anilewitz* (d. 1943)
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Warsaw Ghetto
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Commander, Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB)
Leader, Hashomer Hatzair
Editor, underground partisan newspapers
Killed 1943
[Gutman1982, 1994; Arad; Barkai, 1962]
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Rabbi Léo Ansbacher
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Southern France
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Chaplain, Gurs concentration camp
[Lazare, 1996, pp. 121, 223.]
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Istvan Antal
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Transylvania
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Community leader
With help of Jewish leaders and Romanian officials helped stop deportations from Southern Transylvania in 1943.
Helped find residences and fed Jewish refugees.
[Ancel 1984. Pp.381-420
Gutman 1990.]
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Shlomo Antin*
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Vilnius/Bialystock Ghetto
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Courrier; warned Jews; called for armed ghetto revolts; caught and executed
[Arad, 1980, pp. 221-226; Arad, 2010, p. 611n10]
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Jacob Apenszlak
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USA
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Chairman (1940-1945), Association of Jewish Refugees and Immigrants from Poland
Representation of Polish Jewry
World Jewish Congress
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David Aplbojm
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Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
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Leader, the Jewish Military Organization (JMO)
Deported to eight concentration camps; survived
[Ben-Ami, 1982, p. 277]
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Day J. Apte
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Tampa, FL, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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Yitzhak Arad (b. 1926)
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Vilna, Lithuania; Rudninki Forest
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Vilna Ghetto armed partisan
Bricha
Aliya Bet
[Arad, 1981]
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Asher (Istvan) Arányi (1924-2003)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Major rescue leader, Dror Habonim
Rescued Jews in ghettoes and labor units; warned Jews; distributed protective papers
[Gur 2007. P. 41]
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Tuvia Arazi
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Europe, Turkey
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Mossad le Aliya Bet
Rescue activist
Brother of Yehuda Arazi
[Avriel, 1975, p. 242; Frilling, 2005, pp. 28, 267, 293]
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Yehuda Arazi (1907-1959)
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Europe
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Mossad le Aliyah Bet, Haganah, Bricha in Italy; Palestinian Jew
[Avriel, 1975, pp. 242-243, 277-286; Frilling, 2005, vol 1, pp. 271-272]
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Yitzak “Bukszi” Arbel (István Baumohl), (b. 1925)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hanoar Hatzioni
Helped Jewish orphans
Guarded Swiss Glass House
[Gur 2007 p.42]
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Chaim Arbuz*
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Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
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Warsaw Ghetto partisan fighter and Wishkov Forest with Mordecai Grovas Unit; killed in action
[Barkai, 1962, p. 362; Gutman, 1982, 1994; Mark, 1975]
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Samuel Ariel
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Paris, France
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IZL representative in Paris
Rescue activist, worked with Mossad le Aliya Bet
[Avriel, 1975, p. 265]
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Yaakov Ariel
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Romania
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Betar
Aliyah Bet
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Zehava Ariela (Ágnes Wertheimer), (b. 1925)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Beitar
Distributed protective papers
Caught, arrested and tortured by Gestapo; escaped
[Gur 2007. Pp. 42-43]
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Benny Arkadi
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Greece
|
Ship owner, rescue activist
[Frilling, 2005, p. 343]
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Hiam Arlosoroff* (1899-1933)
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Labor Zionist leader
Jewish Agency for Palestine, Executive – Foreign Policy Department
Negotiated Ha’avara (Transfer) Agreement
Killed
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Alexander E. Arnstein
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New York, New York, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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Mr. Arnheim
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Secretary, Jewish Committee
Aided refugees
[Yahil 1969. P504 FN53]
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Noel Aronovici
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Overseas staff
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JDC, 1919-1956; JDC founder; secretary general, 1928-1940; vice managing director 1939-1940; South America, May 1940-March 1941
Secretary general, American Joint Reconstruction Foundation, 1924-1941
[JDC Archives]
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Samuel E. Aronowitz
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Albany, NY, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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Shlomo Aronson
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Bucharest, Romania
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Community leader, rescue activist
Mossad le Aliyah Bet
Agudath Israel
[Frilling, 2005]
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Zachariah Artstein*
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Warsaw Ghetto
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Warsaw Ghetto commander and partisan fighter
Member, Dror; participanted in January and April revolts
Killed in April 1943
[Barkai, 1962, p. 362; Gutman, 1982, 1994, p. 183; Mark, 1975]
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David Asael (Dezsö “Kis Orzi” Auslaender), (1924-1983)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hatzalah rescuer
Bnei Akiva
Distributed protective papers and money
Arrested by Gestapo, escaped
[Gur, 2007, p.43]
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Tzvai Asael (Herman “Nagy Oszi” Auslaender), (1919-1991)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Underground activist
Bnei Akiva
Put in forced labor unit, escaped, wounded
[Gur, 2007, p. 46]
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Henrik Aschner
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s staff
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
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Pal Aschner
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
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Rabbi Meir Ashenazi
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Shanghai
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Rabbi of Shanghai, October 1941
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Isaac L. Asofsky
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New York, USA
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Executive director, Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America (HIAS), representative to ICA
[HIAS Archives, Yivo Wischnitzer 1956.]
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Jaques Asslov
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New York, USA
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President, Committee to Rescue Bulgarian Jews
[Chary 1970. P. 13]
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Dr. Yeheskiel Atlas* (1910-1942)
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Dereczyn, White Russia
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Physician, partisan commander, saved Jewish refugees; killed in combat, November 1942
[Eckman, 1977;
Kahanovitch, 1962, pp. 134-147; Arad, 210, pp. 508-509, 614n5.]
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Hanna Atsmon (Lili Neuwirth), (b. 1921)
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Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary; Romania
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Maccabi Hatzair rescuer
Rescued Jews from Slovakia and Budapest; led Tiyyuls; distributed supplies, money and protective papers
[Gur 2007. P46]
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Joseph “Dagi” Atzmoni (Joseph Schwartz), (1923-1968)
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Romania; Budapest, Hungary
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Dror Habonim
Led Tiyyuls from Romania to Hungary
Caught, escaped from Kistarca camp and returned to Budapest, caught again, tortured by Gestapo; later liberated by friends
[Gur 2007. P.47]
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Ruth Atsmoni (Edit Reich), (b. 1926)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Dror Habonim
Helped Jewish refugees in Hungary; distributed protective papers
[Gur 2007. P.47]
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Betram M. Aufsesser
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Albany, NY, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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Dr. Auslander
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USA
|
Helped rescue foreign Jewish physicians
[Zucker, 2008, p. 87]
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Kató Auslaender (Hava Ben-Porat; b. 1924)
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Ungvár, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Tiyul leader
Smuggled Jews into Romania
Caught and deported to Auschwitz, and other concentration camps, survived
[Gur, 2007, p.56]
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David Auslander
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Budapest, Hungary
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Carl J. Austrian
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New York, USA
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Vice president, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Treasurer, General Jewish Council
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Madame Averbouch
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Paris, France
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Childrens Aid Rescue Society, Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE)
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Moshe (Agami) Averbuch
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Itanbul, Turkey
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Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency in Turkey
[Friling, 2005, 1: 37, 319, 343-347, 386; 2: 178-179;
Offer, 1990; Levin, 1968.]
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Yardena Avidor (Gizella Polák), (b. 1925)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hanoar Hatzioni
Obtained and distributed Aryan documents in Budapest
[Gur 2007. P.48]
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Shaul Avigur (Meirov), (1899-1978)
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Palestine; Europe
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Committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv emissary); military commander, Hagana leader
Headed Mossad Aliya Bet in 1939
Hatzalah rescuer
[Friling, 2005; Ofer, 1990; Avriel, 1975; Szule]
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Dov Avramcsik
|
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He Halutz Resistance (Zionist Youth Resistance), Hagana Committee (He Halutz)
[Braham 1981. P.999]
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Ehud Ueberall Avriel (1917-1980)
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Palestine; Turkey
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Political Department, Joint Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv), 1942-1946
Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency in Turkey, Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv)
Mossad le Aliya Bet rescuer
[Avriel, 1975; Friling 2005. Ofer 1990.]
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Rabbi Babad
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Vienna, Austria
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Head, Mizrachi (Youth Aliya), Austria
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János Bábor*
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Budapest, Hungary
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Jewish Council (Zsido Tanacs)
Killed
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Marianne Bach
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s immediate coworker
Manager, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Boros-Kovacs, 2007]
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George Backer
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USA
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Board member, Refugee Economic Corporation (REC)
Vice chairman, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
President, Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training (ORT)
[JDC Archives, NY]
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Menachem Bader (1895-1985)
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Turkey
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Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency in Turkey, Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv); Kibbutz Artzi
Leader, Hashomer Hatzair
[Friling, 2005; Ofer, 1990; Avriel, 1975, pp. 148-197]
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Leo Baeck (1873-1956)
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Berlin, Germany
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Chief Rabbi of Berlin (Reform)
Chairman, Central Committee of German Jews for Relief and Reconstruction (Zentralausschuss der Deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau)
President of the Reich Representation of Jews in Germany, 1933
Chairman of the Reich Association (Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland), 1939
Arrested five times
Deported to Theresienstadt in 1943
[Encyclopedia of The Holocaust, 1990;
JDC Archives, NYC; Matthäus (Ed.), 2010; Baker, 1978; Friedlander, 1991]
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Dr. Baehr
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USA
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Secretary, Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Physicians
Zucker, 2008, p. 83]
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Mrs. Emil Baerwald
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Germany
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Jüdische Hemispeisung (formerly Baerwald Kitchens)
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Ernest Baerwald
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Yokohama, Tokyo
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Refugee Aid Committee, JEWCOM (Jewish Committee)
[JDC Archives, NY]
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Paul Baerwald (1871-1961)
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USA
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Chairman, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), 1932-1941, 1943-1945; treasurer 1920-1931; Emergency Administration Committee
Council for Germany Jewry, London
Central Council for Jewish Refugees, London
[JDC Archives NYC; Frilling, 2005]
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Pauline Baerwald-Falk
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New York, USA
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Founder, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Junior Division, 1933
[JDC Archives, NY]
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Ferenc “Ferry” Bagyoni
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Aging “Pink” in Dogwood Network
Rescue activist with Joel Band Missions
[Frilling, vol. 1, pp. 310, 332, 383; vol. 2, pp. 34-38, 42-43, 45, 52-55]
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Lazlo Bajor
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Schischa Lipot
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
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Ephraim Bakalchok
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Polesia
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Fighting partisan
Deputy Commander Voroshilov Division
Protected Jewish family camp
[Barkai, 1962]
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Edward M. Baker
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Board of Directors, JDC
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Andor Bakos (Andor “Bicege” Berger), (1923-1988)
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Budapest, Hungary
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Hashomer Hatzair
Underground operative
[Gur 2007. P.48]
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Eva Maria Balaban
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Ut. 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
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Imre Balaban
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
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Erik Balassa
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Jokai Utca 1
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Odon Balassa
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Budapest, Hungary
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Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Jokai Utca 1
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Dr. Alice Tova Balázs (Alice Edinger), (1928-1999)
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Budapest, Hungary
|
Hanoar Hatzioni
Rescue and relief activist; distributed protective papers and medicine; smuggled Jews out of ghetto
[Gur 2007. P.48]
|
|
György Balint
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff
Distribution Dept at Tatra Utca 6
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Andor Balog
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s immediate co-worder; Director of Provisions and Transportation, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Eva Balog
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
|
|
Erno Balogh
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Jokai Utca 1
|
|
Eugene Balthazar
|
Southern France
|
Rescuer and Guide
[Latour 1970.]
|
|
Suzanne Band
|
Southern France
|
Jewish Section of MOI
[Rayski 2005. P.205]
|
|
Mihály Banyai
|
Hungary
|
Leader, Comité pro Ungarn
|
|
Barak
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Leader (commander), Barak Unit, Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB); fought in April 1943 revolt
[Gutman, 1994, p. 224]
|
|
Judith Barak (Judit Bischitz), (b. 1921)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
“Sela Organization”
Helped refugees, distributed forged documents
[Gur 2007. P.49]
|
|
Dvora Baran* (1920-1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Partisan fighter, Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB); Chanoch Guttman (Brushmakers) Section; killed May 3, 1943
[Barkai, 1962,p. 362; Guttman, 1982, 1994; Mark, 1975]
|
|
Ephriam Barash*, 1892-1943
|
Bialystok Ghetto, Poland
|
Vice chairman, Bialystok Ghetto Jewish Council; helped underground; helped Jews to escape ghetto; killed
[Trunk 1972.]
|
|
Josef Baratz
|
Greece
|
Aliyah Bet (Polish Halutz representative), Kibbutz Degania
|
|
Lipot Bard
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Inga Bardfeld
|
Copenhagen, Denmark
|
Successfully warned Jews of impending deportation 28 September, 1943
[Yahil 1969. P.207]
|
|
Dezso Bardos
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Jokai Utca 1
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Rafael Barki
|
Greece; Turkey
|
Businessman, rescue and relief activist, worked with Moshe Agami of Mossad and his brother, living in Athens
[Avriel, 1975, pp. 158-159, 160, 222; Frilling, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 343-344]
|
|
Joseph Bar-Joel (Kandel Lazló), (b. 1924)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hanoar Hatzi’oni
Produced and distributed forged documents and Swiss Schutzpässe from Glass House
[Gur 2007. P.50]
|
|
Haim Barlas (1898-1984)
|
Turkey; Geneva, Switzerland; Palestine
|
Head, Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency in Turkey, Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv)
Jewish Agency Geneva office, 1939-1940
Director, Jewish Agency’s Information Office, 1926-1948
[Barlas, 1974; Braham, 1981; Friling, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 151-306; Ofer, 1990; Porat, 1990; Avriel, 1975, pp. 134-186]
|
|
Yoheued Barmat* (Judit Barmat), (1924-1944)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Helped refugees from Slovakia; distributed protective documents; helped bring Jews to Budapest from countryside
Tiyyul activist
Caught, deported to and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944
[Gur 2007. Pp.50-51]
|
|
Miriam Baron (Stern), (b. 1924)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Dror Habonim
Tiyyul leader, smuggled Jews to Romania
[Gur 2007. P.51]
|
|
Josef Barpal
|
Greece; Romania
|
Aliyah Bet (Polish Haluzt representative), Kibbutz Ayanot
[Ofer 1990. P.43]
|
|
David Bar Sela (Peter Bisseliches), (1923-1999)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Assistant to Simcha Hunwald in Swiss Glass House; distributed Swiss Schutzpaesse
[Gur 2007. P.49]
|
|
Adeline Barsky
|
Southern France
|
OSE, Chambéry Office
[Samuel, 2002]
|
|
Dr. Jenö Bársony
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Physician, relief activist
[Friling 2005.]
|
|
Aharon Bart (1890-1957)
|
Berlin, Germany; Palestine
|
Jewish community leader, Berlin
Deputy chairman, Anglo Palestine Bank, 1938-1947
Chairman of fundraising in Yishuv, 1930s, and Mobilization and Rescue Fund, 1942-1945
|
|
Dr. Zoltán Barta
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Physician, relief activist
|
|
Laszlo Bartha
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Laszlone Bartha
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Stella Baruch
|
USA
|
Executive Officer, National Refugee Service (NRS)
[NRS Archives; Zucker, 2008, p. 60]
|
|
Iako Baruh
|
Bulgaria
|
Yishuv officer
Underground leader; distributed visas, lobbied against deportations
[Chary 1970.
Friling 2005.]
|
|
Samuel Baruh
|
Bulgaria
|
Rescue activist
|
|
Professor Alexander Barzel
|
|
[Gur 2007.]
|
|
Chief Rabbi Eliahu Barzilai (Barzilay)
|
Athens, Greece
|
Refused to hand over to Gestapo lists of Jews of Athens
[Mazower 1993. Pp. 250, 259]
|
|
Rashe Bashkin*
|
Lipyetzan Forest, White Russia
|
Fighting partisan, Bulak Division, Vlassov Band; wounded in action
[Barkai, 1962, p. 262]
|
|
Joseph Baskin
|
New York City, USA
|
Secretary, Jewish Labor Committee (JLC)
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
André Bass
|
France
|
Funded rescue activity.
[Rayski 2005. P.204)
|
|
Joseph Bass
|
Marseilles, Southern France
|
Jewish rescuer, Founder and leader of Service André
[Lazare, 1996, pp. 165-171]
|
|
Sholem (Radieki) Bass*
|
Lipyetzan Forest, White Russia
|
Jewish partisan, Hirsch Kaplinsky Unit; killed
[Barkai, 1962, pp. 362-363]
|
|
Zwi Basse
|
Slovakia
|
Dror leadership, rescue activist
[Frilling, 2005, vol. 2, p. 176]
|
|
Mr. Gedalja “Bata”
|
Hungary
|
Af-Al-Pi (“Despite Everything”), Perl Transport
[Perl 1978.]
|
|
André Bauer*, 1904-1943
|
France
|
Vice President, General Council of French Jews (Union Général des Israélites de France; UGIF); refused to cooperate with Nazi deportation orders; deported and killed in Auschwitz; Comité de Coordination
[Adler, 1987; Rayski, 2005; Cohen, 1987]
|
|
Herbert Baum*
|
Berlin, Germany
|
Founder and leader of the “Baum Group,” Jewish resistance group with more than 100 members
[Benz, 1997, pp. 178-180; Kreutzer, 1993; Brothers, 1993; Steinberg, 1978]
|
|
Denise Bauman
|
Southern France
|
OSE, rescued children in MNCR, published underground paper “Droit et Liberté”
[Rayski, 2005, pp. 130-133, 171, 250]
|
|
O. Baumel
|
Brooklyn, New York, USA
|
Chairman, Executive Board, Agudas Israel of America, Inc.
|
|
Joseph (Josko) Baumer (1914-2001)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Mizrahi, Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv)
Hashomer Hatzair
Helped Slovak refugees
[Braham 1981. Pp. 933, 1012
Gur 2007. Pp. 53-54]
|
|
Heshek “Zvi” Bauminger* (1919-1943)
|
Krakow, Poland
|
Leader, Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB)
[Krakowski, 1984]
|
|
Viscount Bearsted
|
Great Britain
|
Council for German Jewry (Council)
Central Council for Jewish Refugees, London
[JDC Archives NYC]
|
|
Joseph Beck
|
New York City, USA
|
Executive director, Nation Refugee Service, Inc.
|
|
Tibor (Mordechai) Beck (b. 1925)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Underground activist, courier
[Gur 2007. P.54]
|
|
Moses Beckelman (1906-1955)
|
Lithuania, Latin America, Morocco
|
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); Overseas Staff
Director UNRRA refugee camp, Morocco, 1943
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
James H. Becker
|
USA
|
Acting European director, 1920; vice chairman, 1937-1939, 1944-1970; chairman, National Council, 1940-1943; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Board of Directors, Agro-Joint; Admin. Comm., American Representatives of the Jewish Agency for Palestine
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Janos Beer
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, co-worker, Schutzpass Protocol, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Sari Beer (Sara Reuveni) (b. 1928)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Forged documents and distributed; saved children
[Gur 2007. P.192]
|
|
Menachem Begin
|
Palestine
|
Irgun leader, supported illegal emigration as rescue for European Jews
[Ben-Ami, 1982, pp. 200, 302-303, 352-358, 363, 485, 488; Begin, 1951]
|
|
Sarah Behrman
|
New York, USA
|
Executive Secretary, Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Heyasod), Inc.
|
|
Menachem Beigleman* (1921-1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Berl Broide Group, Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB), Central Ghetto; killed May 10, 1943
[Barkai, 1962, p. 362; Gutman, 1984; Mark 1975]
|
|
William Bein
|
|
|
|
Mr. Hans Beit
|
Jerusalem, Israel
|
Director, Youth Aliyah, Jerusalem
|
|
István Békeffi
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Clothes Collecting Company
[Brahan 1981. P.998]
|
|
Hasya Belicka (Borenstein)
|
Bialystok Ghetto
|
Member “Antifascist Bialystok” cell; worked with partisans; participated in ghetto uprising
[Trunk 1972.]
|
|
Simon Belkin
|
Canada
|
Officer, Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC)
Rescue and relief advocate
|
|
Nathan Belth
|
USA
|
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) staff
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Lili Bem* (Újvidék; Novi Sad), (d. 1944)
|
Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Underground armed resistance
Arrested by Hungarian police and hanged
[Gur 2007. P.55]
|
|
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon
|
Palestine
|
Mapai Party, rescue advocate
[Frilling 2005.]
|
|
Yehuda Benari
|
|
General Council, NZO
Central Office, Center for Aliyah
|
|
Helen Benatar
|
Casablanca, Morocco
|
Relief activist; worked with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Helped house Jews released from camps.
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Dr. Lazlo Bender
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Physician active in rescue and relief (1944-1945)
Helped set up hospital in Pest Ghetto
[Braham 1981.]
|
|
Fortunado Benecerraf
|
Caracas, Venezuela
|
President, Comité Israelita Pro Refugiados, 1939-December 1943
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Dr. László Benedek
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Physician, medical relief activist
|
|
Paul Benedek
|
Transylvania
|
Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees from Northern Transylvania (Comitetul de asistentá a refugiatilor evrei din Ardealut de Nord)
|
|
Itzhak Ben-Efraim
|
Romania
|
Yishuv partisan, Parachutist; organized emigration to Palestine
|
|
Arieh Ben-Eliezer
|
Palestine
|
Irgun leader, rescue activist
[Ben-Ami, 1982, pp. 82, 200, 239, 241, 251, 280, 295, 299, 300-305, 308]
|
|
Dr. Adolf Benes
|
Bohemia-Moravia, Czechoslovakia
|
Palestine Office, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Supreme Council of the Federation of Jewish Religious Congregations of Bohemia-Moravia & Silesia (JRC; Kulturgemeinde), Deputy Central Secretary
|
|
G. Benes
|
New York, USA
|
Executive director, Association of Hungarian Jews of America
|
|
David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973)
|
Palestine
|
Early Zionist leader
First Prime Minister of Israel
Jewish statesman
Yishuv leader
Rescue advocate
[Friling 2005; Avriel, 1975]
|
|
Mulia Ben Hayim
|
Eastern Europe; Vilna; Yugoslavia; Poland
|
Emmissary, Jewish Underground, Poland Hashomer Hatzair, worked for Mossad smuggling immigrants to Palestine
[Avriel, 1975, pp. 239-240]
|
|
Rabbi Benjamin
|
Palestine
|
Founder, Al-Domi (Do Not Keep Silent); rescue advocate
|
|
Aaron Benjamin
|
USA
|
Vice president, HIAS
[HIAS Archives, Yivo
Wischnitzer 1956.]
|
|
Eugene S. Benjamin
|
USA
|
Managing director, Baron de Hirsch Fund
|
|
Julliet N. Benjamin
|
New York City, USA
|
Vice president, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (WIZO)
|
|
A. B. Bennett
|
Canada
|
President, Central Division, Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC)
Rescue and relief activist
|
|
Rafi (Friedl) Ben-Shalom (1920-1996)
|
Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary
|
He Halutz Resistance (Zionist Youth Resistance); Hashomer Hatzair
Leader, rescue and relief
Worked for Swiss legation
[Benshalom 1977.
Cohen 1986.
Gilles 1974.
Gur 2007. P.57]
|
|
Tamar Ben-Shalom (Kato Brunner), (1921-2003)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Rescue and relief activist; warned Jews; courier; wife of Rafi Ben-Shalom
[Gur 2007. P.58]
|
|
Edward M. Benton
|
USA
|
HIAS Board of Directors; rescue advocate
[HIAS Archives, YIVO, NYC; Wischnitzer, 1956]
|
|
Adrien Benveniste
|
France
|
Rescuer, Fourth Division French Jewish Scouts (EIF), Childrens Aid Rescue Society (OSE), CIMADE
[Rayski, 2005, p. 179; Samuel, 2002, p. 29]
|
|
Mishu Benvenisti
|
Romania
|
Refugee Aid Committee
Zionist leader; underground; Jewish Council; rescue activist
[Ancel 1987.
Ofer 1990.]
|
|
Zvi Ben-Yaakov* (d. 1944)
|
Slovakia
|
Yishuv, partisan rescuer, Parachutist; captured and executed
[Friling 2005.]
|
|
Aaron Ben-Yosef
|
Bulgaria
|
Yishuv partisan, Parachutist
|
|
Itzak Ben-Zvi
|
Palestine
|
Joint Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv)
Va’ad Le’ummi
National Council of Jews in Palestine
[Friling 2005.]
|
|
Michael Berchin
|
USA
|
Journalist, Bergson Group, supported rescue
[Ben Ami, 1982, p. 248]
|
|
Konrad Bercovici
|
USA
|
Novelist; Bergson Group; supported rescue
[Ben-Ami, 1982, p. 248]
|
|
Peter Bercovitch
|
Canada
|
Officer, Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC)
Rescue and relief advocate
|
|
Abba Berdiczew* (Berdichav; c. 1944)
|
Slovakia
|
Yishuv, partisan rescuer, Parachutist; captured and executed
[Friling, 2005, vols. 1-2]
|
|
András Beregi*
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Department A, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
|
|
Rabbi Béla Berend
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Member, Jewish Council (Zsido Tanacs)
Prominent leader, rescue activist
[Braham 1981.]
|
|
David Bergelson
|
Soviet Union
|
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC)
|
|
Berta “Beate” Berger* (1886-1940)
|
Berlin, Germany
|
Leader, Beith Ahawah Children’s Home, helped youth from Germany to escape to Palestine; killed in 1940
[Mattaus, 2010; Ayelet, 2006]
|
|
Harry Berger
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Vice chairman, Jewish Labor Committee (JLC)
|
|
Mihael “Michael” Berger* (1924-1944)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Leader, Hashomer Hatzair
Organized hiding places for Jews
Captured by Gestapo; deported to Auschwitz; died in Gusen concentration camp in Austria in 1945
[Gur 2007. P.60]
|
|
Moishe Berger
|
New York City, NY, USA
|
Rescue activist; head, Refugee and Immigration, Zerei Division
Agudath Israel
Raised funds
[Kranzler, 1991, pp. 125, 130-131, 143]
|
|
Rabbi Dr. Naftali Nathan Berger (1911-1964)
|
Hungary
|
Mizrahi Party rescuer
Arrested, severely beaten
[Gur 2007. P.61]
|
|
Sandor Berger
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s immediate co-worker, manaer Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Lazlo Bergida
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Jokai Utca 1
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Jacob Berglas
|
China
|
German Jewish banker, rescue advocate
|
|
Professor Shmuel Hugo Bergman
|
Palestine
|
Al-Domi (No Silence); rescue activist
|
|
Peter H. Bergson (Hillel Kook); (b. 1915)
|
Palestine; Europe; United States
|
Zionist Revisionist, Irgun
Center for Aliyah
Founder, Committee for a Jewish Army, 1941
Founder, Bergson Group (Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe), 1943
Founder, Hebrew Committee for the Liberation of the Nation, 1944
[Ben-Ami, 1982; Frilling, 2005; Medoff; Wyman, 1984]
|
|
Hirsch Berken*
|
Szarkowsczyzna Ghetto
|
Head of Jewish Council; warned Jews of action; killed
[Trunk 1974.]
|
|
Mrs. Harry Berkman
|
Chicago, Illinois, USA
|
Vice president, Women’s Zionist Organization of America
|
|
Béla (Dov) Berkó (1922-1997)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
He Halutz
Dror Habonim
Helped refugees in Budapest
Arrested, deported to concentration camps in Austria and Germany
[Gur 2007. P.61]
|
|
Károly (Nahman) Berkó (b. 1927)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Dror Habonim
He Halutz rescue activist
Forged and distributed protective documents; smuggled Jews into Romania; build bunkers and served as courier for underground
Captured and escaped deportation
[Gur 2007. Pp.61-62]
|
|
Eliyahu Berlin
|
Palestine
|
Member, National Council
Rescue advocate
[Frilling, vol. 1, pp. 83, 365, 369]
|
|
Cora Berliner*
|
Germany
|
Council members, Reichsvereiningung der Juden in Deutschland
Central Committee of German Jews for Relief and Reconstruction (Zentralausschuss der Deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau)
Relief/rescue activist, social worker
Deported to death camp, murdered
[Matthaus, 2010; Baker, 1978]
|
|
Jacob Berliner*
|
Poland
|
Member, Piotrków Trybunalski Ghetto Council; underground leader, promoted rescue
Deported to Auschwitz, murdered
[Trunk, 1971, Yad Vashem, pp. 212-213; Trunk, 1974, p. 464]
|
|
Hirsch Berlinsky* (1908-1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Wishkov Forest, Poland
|
High Command, Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB), Brushmaker’s Section; escaped, fought in Wishkov Forest; killed in Polish Revolt in Warsaw, August 1943
[Barkai, 1962, p. 363; Gutman, 1982, 1994, pp. 167, 182]
|
|
Dr. Adolf Abraham Berman (1906-1978)
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
Underground agent
Leader, Jewish National Committee (ZKN)
Leader (Secretary), Zegota
Worked with Leon Feiner (Bundist)
[Gutman, 1977, pp. 367-398; Tec, 1986; Tomaszewski, 1994; Davidowicz, 1975]
|
|
Battia Berman (d. 1953)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Poale Zione
Escaped Ghetto to Aryan side, rescued Jews
[Barkai, 1962, p. 364; Gutman, 1982, 1994]
|
|
Karl Berman
|
Malmo, Sweden
|
Helped jewish refugees and the underground.
[Yahil 1969. P.510 FN118]
|
|
Tzippora Berman*
|
Bialystock Ghetto
|
Dror Zionist Youth courier
Warned Jews
Killed in Bialystock Ghetto uprising
[Daring to Resist 2007. Pp.86-88
Museum of Jewish Heritage]
|
|
Joseph Bernáth
|
Hungary
|
Member, “Shimoni Group”
[Gur 2007. P.62]
|
|
Maurice Berndon
|
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Joseph M. Berne
|
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Dr. André Bernheim
|
France
|
Directed activity of office on Rue de Boissac
[Lazare, 1996, p. 199]
|
|
Franz Bernheim
|
Germany
|
Filed complaint against German government in League of Nations in 1933 (Bernheim Petition)
|
|
David Bernstein
|
New York, New York, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Israel Bernstein
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
HIAS representative, Warsaw
[Ginzberg 1942.
HIAS Archives, Yivo
Wischnitzer 1956.]
|
|
Leon Bernheim
|
France
|
Honory President Zionist Youth Movement (MJS)
|
|
Theo Bernheim
|
Southern France
|
Main Office For the Shelters (DCA) Helped Jews Escape Leave Gurs Detention Camp
|
|
Dr. James Bernstein
|
France; Lisbon, Portugal; USA
|
HIAS-ICA representative to Evian Converence, 1938; HIAS-HICEM’s European Director, US board of directors, 1942
[Ginzberg ,1942, pp.170-171; HIAS Archives, YIVO, NYC; Wischnitzer 1956; Lazare, 1996, p. 156]
|
|
John L. Bernstein
|
New York, USA
|
Chairman of administrative committee and board of directors, HIAS-ICA, elected 1942; chairman, HICEM board of directors, 1934
[HIAS Archives, Yivo
Wischnitzer 1956.]
|
|
Mrs. Lola Bernstein
|
Vienna, Austria
|
Af-Al-Pi (“Despite Everything”), Perl Transport
[Perl 1978.]
|
|
Moshe Bertenthal
|
Germany
|
Hechalutz leader
|
|
Professor Besredka
|
Paris, France
|
President OSE
[Samuel, 2002, p. 31]
|
|
Irvin Bettmann
|
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Frigyes (Avraham) Bettelheim (1923-2004)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hanoar Hatzioni
Gyor
Hid Jews from Slovakia; worked at Glass House distributing Swiss protective papers, food and supplies
[Gur 2007. Pp.62-63]
|
|
Dr. Hans Beyth
|
Palestine
|
Youth Aliya rescue activist; worked with Henreitta Szold
[Tomar, 1971 (Hebrew)]
|
|
Henry Bibrowski
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
Dror – He Halutz
Rescue and relief activist
Worked with Nathan Schwalb
Assistant in Palestine Office, Brussels
Secretary, Poali Zion
[Milchman (ED) 1998. Pp.400, 405, 406, 409]
|
|
Eliyahu Bidner (Ben-Horin)
|
Romania, Palestine, USA
|
Center for Aliyah
|
|
Oszkar “Oszi” Biederman (1924-1977)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hanoar Hatzioni
Worked in Glass House, distributed protective documents, hiding weapons
[Gur 2007. P.63]
|
|
Harry D. Biele (b. 1908)
|
USA
|
JDC staff; comm. secretary, Latin America, Agro Joint, 1944-1945
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Alexander Bielski (1912-1995)
|
Nailisoki Forest, Novogrudok, Russia, Belorussia
|
Partisan commander, Bielski Partisans; saved Jews in family camp
[Ainstein, 1974, pp. 315-325; Barkai, 1962; Bielski, 1946; Tec, 1993; Eckman, 1977]
|
|
Asael Bielski*
|
Novogrudok, Russia, Belorussia
|
Partisan commander, Bielski Partisans; saved Jews in family camp; killed while serving with Soviet Army in 1944
[Ainstein, 1974, pp. 315-325; Barkai, 1962; Bielski, 1946; Tec, 1993; Eckman, 1977]
|
|
Lida Bielski
|
Nailisoki Forest, Novogrudok, Russia, Belorussia
|
Partisan commander, Bielski Partisans; saved Jews in family camp
[Ainstein, 1974, pp. 315-325; Barkai, 1962; Bielski, 1946; Tec, 1993; Eckman, 1977]
|
|
Tuvia Bielski (1906-1987)
|
Nailisoki Forest, Novogrudok, Russia, Belorussia
|
Partisan commander, Bielski Partisans; saved Jews in family camp with brothers Asael and Zusya
[Ainstein, 1974, pp. 315-325; Barkai, 1962; Bielski, 1946; Tec, 1993; Eckman, 1977]
|
|
Zusya (Zus) Bielski
|
Nailisoki Forest, Novogrudok, Russia, Belorussia
|
Partisan commander, Bielski Partisans; saved Jews in family camp with brothers Tuvia and Asael
[Ainstein, 1974, pp. 315-325; Barkai, 1962; Bielski, 1946; Tec, 1993; Eckman, 1977]
|
|
Asika Big* (1921-1943)
|
Vilna, Lithuania
|
Liaison with PPG September 1943; she was caught, hanged by Nazi’s
[Arad, 1980; Barkai, 1962, p. 365]
|
|
Pierre Bigar
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Assistant to Saly Mayer in Geneva
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Jozsef Bihari
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff
|
|
Nandor Bihari
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Yitzhat Bilawalski
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Leader, Jewish Fighting Union (ZZW)
[Gutman, 1994, p. 169]
|
|
Yanek Bilek* (d. 1944)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Partisan fighter, Brushmaker’s section, Ghetto uprising April 1943; killed in Polish uprising, Fall 1944
[Barkai, 1962, p. 365]
|
|
Jacob Billikopf
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|
National Refugee Service, Field Representative, Resettlement Division
Board of Directors, JDC
[Zucker 2008. Pp.15-16]
|
|
Adoniyahu Billitzer (Dajanus), (1913-2005)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Leader, Hanoar Hatzioni, worked with Swiss legation, arrested
[Cohen 1986.
Gur 2007. Pp.63-64]
|
|
Etel (Braha) Billitzer (1916-2004)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Leader, Hanoar Hatzioni
Department A, International Red Cross (ICRC)
Forged, distributed forged papers
Sister of Adoniyahu Billitzer
[Cohen 1986.
Gur 2007. Pp. 63-64]
|
|
Rabbi Binyamin
|
Turkey, Palestine
|
Al-Domi Group
|
|
Meyer Birman
|
Shanghai, China
|
Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau in Shanghai, worked with HIAS-ICA
[Ginzberg 1942. P.165
HIAS Archives, Yivo
Wischnitzer 1956.]
|
|
Tzippora Birman* (d. 1943)
|
Bialystock Ghetto, Poland; Lithuania
|
Member, Dror
Kibbutz Tel-Hai
Bialystock Ghetto
Courrier between ghettoes
Arrested and escaped; killed Bialystock Ghetto uprising, August 1943
[Barkai, 1962, p. 364; Datner, 1946; Brossman, 1987]
|
|
Jeno Biro
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Distribution Department, Tatra Utca 6
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Sandorne Biro
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Tokai Utca 1
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Judit Bischitz (Judith Barak) (b.1921)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair, Sela Organization, Helped Refugees Supplied Forged Documents
[Gur 2007. P.49]
|
|
Dr. László Bisits
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Volunteer Ambulance Service of Budapest (Böme)
[Braham 1981. Pp.853,986]
|
|
Andreas (Andor) Biss
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Leader, Hatzalah Zionist
Department A, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
[Gur, 2007; Biss, 1975]
|
|
Mózes Bisseliches (1878-1970)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hatzionim Haclali’im
Helped Jewish refugees from Slovakia and Poland)
[Gur 2007. P.64]
|
|
Newton Bissinger
|
San Francisco, California, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Joseph Bitker
|
Shanghai, China
|
Vice Chair, East European Jewish Refugees (EASTJEWCOM); treasurer, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
[JDC Archives, NY F485-503]
|
|
Bitterman
|
Bohemia-Moravia, Czechoslovakia
|
Supreme Council of the Federation of Jewish Religious Congregations of Bohemia-Moravia & Silesia (JRC; Kulturgemeinde)
Czech Jewish Movement
Rothkirchen 2005.
|
|
Marek Blank* (1922-1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Partisan fighter, Gordonia Group and Brushmaker’s Section; fought in April revolt; killed May 1943
[Barkai, 1962, p. 364]
|
|
Leon Blatt (Eliezer)
|
|
He Halutz Resistance (Zionist Youth Resistance), Hagana Committee (He Halutz)
[Braham 1981. P.999
Cohen 1986. P.107]
|
|
Judit Lili Blau* (1923-1944)
|
Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Deported to and murdered in Auschwitz
Sister of Malka Blau*
[Gur 2007. P.66]
|
|
Dr. Julius Blau
|
Great Britain
|
Member, Joint Reconstruction Foundation, ICA
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Károly Blau (Ya’akov Böeri), (b. 1926)
|
Slovakia; Hungary
|
Maccabi Hatzair
Forged documents
Arrested, tortured
[Gur 2007.]
|
|
Magda Malka Blau* (1920-1944)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Miskolc Kan
Deported and murdered in Auschwitz
[Gur 2007. P.65]
|
|
Sándor (Haim) Blau* (1924-1944)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Maccabi Hatzair
Liaison for underground at Swiss Glass House and “protected houses”
[Gur 2007 p.65]
|
|
Sári “Aduma” Blau* (1922-1944)
|
Slovakia; Hungary
|
Maccabi Hatzair
Smuggled Slovakian Jews into Hungary;
Caught, deported and murdered in Auschwitz
[Gur 2007. Pp.65-66]
|
|
Bernhard Blaugrund
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
Chairman, Refugee Committee
Helsinki Jewish Congregation
|
|
Bella Blaustein
|
Southern France
|
Jewish Section of MOI
[Rayski, 2005, p. 205]
|
|
Jacob Blaustein
|
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Jenö Bleier
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Relief activist
|
|
Rabbi Elie Bloch and wife
|
France
|
Poitiers, Tours, Angoulême, Châtellerault, Loiret Camps
[Lazare, 1996, pp. 96-97]
|
|
Alice Bloch
|
France
|
Childrens Aid Rescue Society (Oeuvre De Secours Aux Enfants) OSE
|
|
Marc Bloch (“Narbonne”)
|
France
|
Francs Tireurs (“Irregulars”), community leader
[Cohen, 1987; Lazare, 1996, p. 277; Rayski, 2005, pp. 63-64, 245,247-249, 251]
|
|
Zelo Bloch
|
Treblinka death camp
|
Former Czech Army officer; a leader, Treblinka camp resistance
|
|
Georges Block
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Rescue activist
[Häsler 1969.]
|
|
Hélène Block
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Union – OSE officer; placed children in Switzerland
[Samuel, 2002, p. 104]
|
|
Herbert R. Block
|
Cincinati, Ohio, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Herman W. Block
|
|
Chair, European-Jewish Children’s Aid, 1943
|
|
Jacques Block
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
Union – OSE officer; placed children in Switzerland
[Samuel, 2002, p. 104]
|
|
L.E. Block
|
Chicago, Illinois, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Dr. Paul Block
|
Madrid, Spain
|
Rescue activist; worked with Blickenstaff’s office; Representative American Jewish Joint Distribution Comm (JDC)
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Phillip Block
|
USA
|
Executive director, American ORT Federation
|
|
Dr. René Block*
|
Southern France
|
Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE; Children’s Aid Rescue Society)
Deported and murdered
|
|
Yurek Blones* (1924-1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Unit commander, Jewish Partisan Group, fought with Brushmaker’s Section in April 1943 revolt; killed May 1943
[Barkai, 1962, pp. 364-365; Gutman, 1994, p. 221]
|
|
Itzak Bluestein* (1923-1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Leader Jewish Partisan Group, fought in April 1943 revolt; later with Artstein and Ferber Groups
[Barkai, 1962, p. 365]
|
|
Abraham “Abrasha” Blum* (1905-1943)
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
Bundist leader
Relief activist
ZOB partisan
Died in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
[Gutman, 1982, 1996]
|
|
Haga Blum
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
He Halutz
[Gur 2007.]
|
|
Josef Blum
|
Budapest, Hungary; Slovakia
|
Zentrales Soziales Fuersorge-Komite fur die Juden in Slovensko; representative, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Léon Blum
|
France
|
Pre war Prime Minister of France
[Lazare, 1996, pp. 5, 6]
|
|
Dr. Walter Blum
|
Dominican Republic
|
Executive director, Joint Relief Committee (JRC) of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Jacob Blume
|
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|
Vice chairman, Jewish Labor Committee (JLC)
|
|
Blumenstock
|
Minsk (Byelorussia)
|
Deputy Police Commandant, Minsk Jewish Council; helped Jews escape ghetto
[Trunk 1974. P.522]
|
|
M. Blumenstock
|
New York, USA
|
Director, American Federation for Polish Jews
|
|
Dr. Moise Blumenstock*
|
France
|
Staff physician at Le Masgelier Home; Childrens Aid Rescue Society (Oeuvre de Secours Aux Enfants); OSE
[Rayski 2005. P.182]
|
|
Gertrude Blumenstock-Lévy*
|
Southern France
|
Youth worker, Le Masgelier Home
Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE; Children’s Aid Rescue Society)
Burned alive by Germans
[Rayski 2005. P.182]
|
|
Avraham (Abrasza) Blumowicz
|
Slonim Ghetto, Zhabinka District
|
Armed underground partisan leader; Antifascist Committee; helped Jews escape ghetto
[Trunk, 1974, p. 461; Lichtenstein, 1960-1978]
|
|
Dr. Franz Boas (1858-1942)
|
USA
|
Noted anthropologist, rescue activist
|
|
Abraham Bock
|
France; Spain
|
Rescue leader
|
|
Alexander Simon Boekman
|
USA
|
Secretary, Netherlands Jewish Society, Inc.
|
|
Israel Bogdush
|
Dereczyn, White Russia
|
Partisan in Yeheskiel Atlas Group
[Barkai, 1962, p. 365]
|
|
Pal Bogen (Tzvi Keshet), (b. 1923)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Maccabi Hatzair
Distributed forged Swiss protective passes
[Gur 2007. P.145]
|
|
György Bognár
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Relief activist
Jewish Council (Zsido Tanacs)
|
|
Andorne Bohn
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Jokai Utca 1
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Dr. Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
|
Denmark
|
Danish physicist; rescue advocate in Sweden
Nobel laureate
[Rhodes, 1995; Yahil, 1969]
|
|
Zsuzsa Bokor
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg staff, Jokai Utca 1
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Eugenio Bolaffio
|
Ljubljana, Slovenia
|
DELASEM representative
Helped save Jewish children
[Leboucher 1969.
Voigt 2005.]
|
|
Beno Boleskei
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Benzion Bolkowitz
|
Novagrudak Ghetto, Naliboki Forest, White Russia
|
Fighter with Bielski Partisan Unit; helped 40 Jews escape Novagrudak Ghetto
[Barkai, 1962, p. 365; Tel]
|
|
Maurice Bolle
|
Belgium, Holland
|
Established rescue network to France and Spain
[Steinberg, 1970, pp. 134-135]
|
|
Curt Bondy (1894-1972)
|
Austria
|
Director of the Emigration Training Farm at Gross-Breesen; arrested, interned in Buchenwald KZ
[Matthaus, 2010; Angres, 1988]
|
|
Dr. Karel Bondy*
|
Czechoslovakia
|
“We Remain Faithful” Petition Committee (PVVZ)
[Rothkirchen 2005. Pp.195-198,200]
|
|
Hanus (Hans) Bonn*
|
Prague, Czechoslovakia
|
Supreme Council of the Federation of Jewish Religious Congregations of Bohemia-Moravia & Silesia (JRC; Kulturgemeinde), Director, Emigration Department
Deported to Mauthausen and killed
[Rothkirchen 2005. Pp.45, 58, 117-118, 126, 211]
|
|
Edek Boraks* (d. 1943)
|
Vilna Ghetto, Lithuania; Biyalystock Ghetto
|
Co-founder, PPA Vilna, partisan leader, organized underground in Bialystock; captured February 5, 1943; deported to Treblinka
[Barkai, 1962, p. 365; Datner, 1946; Grossman, 1987; Arad, 1980]
|
|
Friedrich Borchard
|
Germany
|
Executive secretary, 1935-1936, Central Committee of German Jews for Relief and Reconstruction (Zentralausschus der Deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau; ZA)
|
|
Frederick W. Borchardt
|
South America
|
Representative, JDC, 1936-1940
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Rene Borel
|
|
Children’s Aid Rescue Society (France de Secours aux Enfants ; OSE)
Garel Network (Réseau Garel)
|
|
Mary Boretz
|
USA
|
Social worker, placed children
[Zucker, 2008, p. 35
|
|
Louis J. Borinstein
|
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
[JDC Archives NYC]
|
|
Harous Borjas
|
Prague, Czechoslovakia
|
New Zionist Organization (NZO)
Aliyah Bet
|
|
Henny Bornstein
|
Geneva, Switzerland
|
He Halutz
|
|
Isaac Bornstein*
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Worked for: TOZ, ORT, ZETOS
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Samuel Bornstein
|
White Russia
|
Partisan with Dr. Yehiel Atlas’ partisan fighting unit
|
|
Ferenc Boros
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Jokai Utca 1
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Lilla Boros
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Sándor Boros
|
Kistarcsa Camp
|
Aided Jews at Kistarca Camp and other locations
[Braham 1981. P.706]
|
|
Heena Borovska (Chiena)
|
Vilna, Lithuania; Rudnicki Forest
|
Partisan commander, “Yehiel’s Combat Group” and “To Victory” battalion under Shmuel Kaplinsky; took in escaped Jews
[Levin, 1984; Barkai, 1962; Arad, 1980]
|
|
Michael Borowitz
|
Janow Concentration Camp, Krakow, Poland
|
Organized Janow KZ underground; escaped and became leader of Partisanka in Miechov District
|
|
Tibor Borsodi (Dov Broshi), (1923-2003)
|
Hungary
|
Hanoar Hatzi’oni
Helped Polish refugees in Hungary; warned Jews in provinces
[Gur 2007.]
|
|
Tuvia Borzykowski (1911-1959)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Jewish Fighting Partisan leader with ZOB during Ghetto revolts of January and April 1943; escaped
[Borzykowski, 1976; Gutman, 1994, pp. 205, 209, 250]
|
|
Miksa Boschan
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Tzypa Botvinik-Lupian
|
Minsk Ghetto, Belorussia
|
Ghetto underground; smuggled weapons
[Epstein, 2008, pp. 115-116, 164, 165, 312n26]
|
|
Samuel Botwinik
|
New Haven, Conn., USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Louis B. Boudin
|
USA
|
Chairman, board of directors, American ORT Federation
|
|
Maurice M. Bourstein
|
USA
|
Secretary, Palestine Economic Corporation
|
|
Boyanner Rebbi (Rabbi)
|
|
Vaad Hatzalah Zeirei
Agudat Israel
Rescue activist
[Kranzler, 1991, p. 147]
|
|
Tuvia Bozikovsky
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Jewish Partisan Fighters (Dror)
April 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Revolt, escaped
[Barkai, 1962, p. 366; Gutman, 1982, 1994, p. 205, 209, 250]
|
|
Ervinne Brachfeld
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Sol Brachman
|
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Zvi Brades* (1917-1943)
|
Zarkai-Bendin
|
Hashomer Hatzair Underground, commander Jewish Fighting Organization (JFO) in Bendin; caught August 7, 1943; murdered by Nazis
[Barkai, 1962, p. 366]
|
|
Yehuda Braginsky (1897-1979)
|
Holland; Germany; France; Europe
|
Activist rescuer 1934-1948
Aliyah Bet
Head of Mossad, Paris Bureau
He-Halutz Emissary
Kibbutz Givat Hashlosha
[Avriel, 1975, pp. 30-61; Frilling, 2005]
|
|
C. Brahn
|
Shanghai, China
|
Chairman, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
[JDC Archives, NY F485-503]
|
|
Dr. Leon Bramson
|
|
American Joint Reconstruction Foundation
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Hansi Brand (nee Hartman; see Hajnalka Hartman), (1912-2000)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
He Halutz Resistance leader
Department A, International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC)
Rescue and Relief Committee
Wife of Joel Brand
[Biss, 1975; Cohen, 1986; Friling, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 275, vol. 2, pp. 42, 45, 221, 228; Gur, 2007, p.67]
|
|
Joel (Jenö) Brand (1907-1964)
|
Turkey
|
Ichud, Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv); negotiated failed “blood for trucks” deal; advocated bombing of Auschwitz
[Avriel, 1975, pp. 174-188; Bauer, 1994; Braham, 1981; Frilling, 2005; Gur, 2007, p. 69;
Weissberg, 1958; Biss, 1975]
|
|
Shlomo Brand
|
Rudninkai Forest, Lithuania
|
Partisan commander “Yechial’s Combat Group,” took in Jews in camps
[Levin, 1984]
|
|
Jack Brandon
|
Cuba
|
Representative, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), May-December 1938
Joint Relief Committee
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Shmuel Braslaw* (1921-1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Leader, Hashomer Hatzair Fighting Unit, Warsaw Ghetto, commander ZOB Unit during April 1943 revolt; killed in action
[Barkai, 1962, p. 366; Gutman, 1982, 1994, pp. 156-158]
|
|
Ference (Yitzak) Braun (b. 1922)
|
Sopron
|
Hanoar Hatzioni
Distributed forged documents
[Gur 2007. P.70]
|
|
Dr. Sandor Braun
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Member Jewish Council (Zsido Tanacs)
Rescue advocate
[Braham 1981. P.630]
|
|
Sara Braverman
|
Yugoslavia
|
Yishuv Parachutist
Liaison to Yugoslav Partisans
[Friling 2006.]
|
|
Henri Braun (Adamicz)
|
Southern France
|
UJRE
[Rayski 2005. P.297]
|
|
Zoltan Braun
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s immediate co-worker
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Abner Bregman
|
New York, New York, USA
|
Associate treasurer, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Agro-Joint; board of directors, Agro-Joint
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Maurice Brener
|
Southern France
|
General Union of Jews of France (UGIF-S) Co-director, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) – UJIF
[Alder, 1987; Cohen, 1987; JDC Archives NYC; Rayski, 2005, pp. 204, 244; Lazare, 1996, pp. 163, 165, 233, 257, 258; Samuel, 2002, pp. 118-119, 125]
|
|
Isador Breslau
|
Washington, DC, USA
|
Executive director, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)
|
|
Joseph Breslau
|
USA
|
Co-chairman, National Labor Committee for Palestine
Executive Secretary, Habonim – Labor Zionist Youth
|
|
Dr. Breslauer
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Medical doctor, created hospital shelter
Rescuer
|
|
David M. Bressler
|
New York, USA
|
Vice chairman, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), 1937-1942; Executive Committee chairman, Budget and Scope Committee, 1933-1940
Joint Reconstruction Foundation
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Géza (Meir) Breuer* (1923-1944)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Relief worker, children’s homes
Disappeared, presumed murdered
[Gur 2007. P.70]
|
|
Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer
|
New York, NY, USA
|
Rescue activist
Zerei Agudat Israel
[Kranzler, 1991, p. 147]
|
|
Ch. Breyner
|
New York, USA
|
Treasurer, American Committee of OSE
|
|
Edita Brezina
|
Prague, Czechoslovakia
|
Relief activist, sent relief supplies to ghettos and concentration camps
|
|
Zvi Brick
|
Lithuania
|
Joint Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (JA; Yishuv)
[Friling 2005.]
|
|
Barnett R. Brickner
|
USA
|
Vice chairman, United Palestine Appeal
|
|
Mrs. Brin
|
USA
|
National President, German-Jewish Children’/s Aid, Inc. (GJCA)
[Zucker, 2008, p. 35]
|
|
Robert Briscoe
|
Ireland; USA
|
Irgun rescue activist; fundraiser; member, Irish Parliament
[Ben-Ami, 1982, pp. 214-215, 219-221, 234, 255]
|
|
Simon Brod
|
Istanbul, Turkey
|
Worked for Rescue Committee of Jewish Agency for Palestine
[Avriel, 1975, pp. 136-143, 171-183; Frilling, 2005, vol. 2, pp. 173, 182-183]
|
|
Katz Broder
|
Belgium
|
Militant Communist Resistance
[Steinberg, 1970, p. 133]
|
|
Makowski Broder
|
Belgium
|
Militant Communist Resistance
[Steinberg, 1970, p. 133]
|
|
Professor Selig Brodetzky
|
|
Member of subcommittee, High Commissioner for Refugees (League of Nations)
[Frilling, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 359, 370, vol. 2, pp. 74, 83]
|
|
Erno Brodi
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Ernone Brodi
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Friedrich Brodnitz (1899-1995)
|
Germany
|
Central Committee of German Jews for Relief and Reconstruction (Zentralausschus der Deutschen Juden für Hilfe und Aufbau)
Sent report to diplomats and journalists about German state anti-Semitism
[Brodnitz, 1986]
|
|
Julius Brodnitz (1866-1936)
|
Berlin, Germany
|
Lawyer, community leader
Chairman, Centralverein (CV), 1920-1936
Relief activist
[Matthaus, 2010; Barkai, 1962]
|
|
Hon. Judge Lois B. Brodsky
|
|
President, Humane Refugee Aid Society (HRSA)
[Zucker, 2008, p. 79]
|
|
Berl Broide* (1915-1943)
|
Ostrowiec, Poland; Warsaw Ghetto
|
Founder, D‘ror Warsaw Ghetto, resistance and fighting partisan leader; fought in Ghetto revolt, April 1943; committed suicide May 8, 1943
[Barkai, 1962, p. 366]
|
|
Louis Broido
|
New York, New York, USA
|
Board of Directors, Executive Committee, JDC
|
|
Abe Bronfman
|
Montreal, Canada
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Samuel Bronfman
|
Montreal, Canada
|
Philanthropist
United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies (United)
President, Jewish Canadian Congress
Jewish Immigrant Aid Society
Board of Directors, Executive Committee, JDC
[AJC Yearbooks 1940-1945]
|
|
Jacob Brown
|
New York, USA
|
Vice president, American Federation for Polish Jews
|
|
Dr. Daniel Adolf “Dolfi” Brunner
|
Austria
|
Maccabi ha-Tsa’ir
[Gur 2007.]
|
|
Armand Brunschvig
|
Switzerland
|
Rescue and relief activist
[Häsler 1969.]
|
|
Dr. Georges Brunschvig
|
Switzerland
|
Community leader, President of the Jewish Committee of Switzerland
[Häsler 1969.]
|
|
Aaron (Pavel) Bruskin* (d. 1943)
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Leader, Warsaw Ghetto partisan unit; fought in April 1943, ghetto revolt; killed May 7, 1943
[Barkai, 1962, pp. 366-367]
|
|
Maria Borisova Bruskina*
|
Minsk
|
Minsk underground; caught and executed
[Arad, 2010, p. 500]
|
|
Jules Brutzkus
|
USA
|
Hon. Committee, American Committee of OSE
|
|
Dr. Simon Brutzkus
|
France
|
Children’s Aid Rescue Society (France de Secours aux Enfants ; OSE)
|
|
Moshe Bruze* (d. 1943)
|
Vilna Ghetto, Lithuania, Narotz Forest
|
Member, Betari
PPA Vilna Ghetto fighter, partisan Narotz Forest; killed in action October 8, 1943
[Arad, 1980; Barkai, 1962, p. 367]
|
|
Professor Martin Buber
|
Palestine
|
Executive Committee, Al-Domi (Do Not Keep Silent), rescue activist; noted writer-philosopher
|
|
Endre Buchbinder
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Endrene Buchbinder
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Henrietta K. Buchman
|
USA
|
Staff, JDC, 1934-1962
Secretary, JDC Committee on Poland and Eastern Europe
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Henri Bulawko
|
Paris, France
|
Zionist Youth Leader; Ha-Shomer Ha-Ta’ir (Young Guard)
Rue Amelot Committee
Arrested
[Rayski, 2005, pp. 86, 95, 137-138, 141; Lazare, 1996, pp. 52, 65-66, 70, 88, 151-152]
|
|
Arnold Bumi
|
Slovakia
|
Underground rescuer, worked with Georges Dunand of ICRC
Arrested, tortured, dported to Theresienstadt
|
|
Jozsef Bun
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff
|
|
Jozsefne Bun
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff
|
|
|
|
|
|
Irving Bunim
|
New York, NY, USA
|
Vaad Hatzalah
Community leader, raised funds to save Jews
Worked with Rabbi Abraham Kalmanowitz
[Kranzler, 1994, p. 96]
|
|
Irving Bunim
|
USA
|
Rescue activist
Zerei
Agudas Israel
[Kranzler, 1991, p. 147]
|
|
Rabbi Aaron D. Burack
|
USA
|
HIAS board of directors 1933-1939; rescue advocate
[HIAS Archives, Yivo
Wichnitzer 1956.]
|
|
Laszlo Burg
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s immediate co-worker, manager Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Laszlone Burg
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s immediate co-worker, manager Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Konstantin Bursan
|
Turkey/ Romania
|
Courrier for Jewish Agency for Palestine (Yushuv) emissaries
[Frilling, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 199, 210, 300, 303, 372]
|
|
D. Burstein
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
Refugee Committee
Helsinki Jewish Congregation
[Rautkallio 1987.]
|
|
Z. Ragauskas-Butenas (Zerakh Ragovisky)
|
Lithuania
|
Commanded Nekamah (Revenge) Jewish Battalion
Jewish Parachutist
[Levin, 1984]
|
|
Fred M. Butzel
|
Detroit, Michigan, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Kaska B’Yelitska
|
Bialystock, Poland
|
Member Hashomer Hatzair underground Bialystock
Member Anti-Fascist Committee, Poland
[Barkai, 1962, p. 367; Datner, 1946; Grossman, 1987]
|
|
Joseph Byl
|
France
|
Leader Rue Amelot rescue activist
[Adler 1987. P.212]
|
|
Maurice Cachoud-Loebenberg*
|
Southern France
|
Armée Juive (AJ), MLN, Founder Maurice Cachoud Group
|
|
Eve Cahen*
|
Southern France
|
Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE; Childrens Aid resue Society)
Deported and murdered
|
|
Hanane M. Caiserman
|
Canada
|
Executive director, Canadian Jewish Congress
Rescue and relief activist
|
|
Rudolf Callman
|
New York, USA
|
President, American Federation of Jews from Central Europe, Inc.
|
|
Maurice Canter
|
USA
|
Board of Directors, HIAS
[HIAS Archives, Yivo
Wischnitzer 1956.]
|
|
Raffaele Cantoni
|
Rome and Milan, Italy
|
DESALEM
President, Union of Jewish Community
Central Committee for Assistance to Germany Jews
Rescue leader in Italy
[Leboucher 1969.
Sarfatti 2006.]
|
|
Eddie Cantor
|
Los Angeles, California, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
Noted Entertainer
|
|
Lillian Cantor
|
USA
|
Staff, JDC, 1921-1971
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Louis Caplan
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Samuel Caplan
|
New York, USA
|
Associate secretary, Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Hayesod), Inc.
|
|
Denise Caraco-Sikierski
|
France
|
Service André
[Lazare, 1996, p. 165]
|
|
Pierre Carcassone
|
Algeria
|
Rescue and resistance underground
[Encyclopedia Judaica, 1971, p. 617]
|
|
Roger Carcassone
|
Algeria
|
Rescue and resistance underground
[Encyclopedia Judaica, 1971, p. 617]
|
|
David Abraham Cardozo
|
New York, USA
|
President, Netherlands Jewish Society, Inc.
|
|
Rabbi I. J. Cardozo
|
Curacao
|
Joodsch Hulp-Comite (Jewish Help Committee)
|
|
Ralph N. Cardozo
|
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Aaron Carmi
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
|
Partisan Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB)
[Gutman, 1994, p. 202]
|
|
Moshe Carmil
|
Tel Aviv, Palestine
|
Jewish Agency
Mossad
Rescue activist
[Avriel, 1975, p. 118]
|
|
Avery Carp
|
Granite City, Illinois, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Leone Carpi
|
Italy
|
Chairman, Comitato Italia-Palestina (CIP; Italian Palestine Committee), established 1928
|
|
René Cassin
|
London, England
|
“Provisional” Committee of the Universal Israelite Alliance in London
|
|
Rabbi Cassuto
|
Larissa, Greece
|
Warned Jews to flee and hide, saving many
[Friedman 2004. P.266]
|
|
Emmanuel Cellar (1888-1981)
|
New York, USA
|
Jewish congressman, Democrat from New York; tried to liberalize US immigration laws to help Jewish refugees escape Europe
[Celler, 1952; Wyman, 1984; Morse, 1967; Kranzler, 1991, p. 110]
|
|
Jesuit Father Pierre Chaillet
|
Lyons, France
|
Leader, Christian Friendship (Amitié Chrétienne; non-Jew)
|
|
Lipa Chaimovic
|
Turkey
|
Af-Al-Pi (“Despite Everything”) – Perl Transport; director, Orat
[Perl, 1979]
|
|
Boris Chaimovich
|
Minsk Ghetto, Forest
|
Leader, Nechama Ruditzer Group, partisan
[Epstein, 2008, pp. 120-122, 192-193, 306n43]
|
|
Joseph B. Chamberlain (non-Jew)
|
USA
|
Chairman, National Coordinating Committee for Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany (NCC), 1934-1939 ; chairman of board, National Refugee Service, Inc.
[Wyman, Morse]
|
|
Nathan Chanin
|
New York, New York, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Bella Chazan
|
Poland
|
Courier between ghettoes in Poland and Albania
[Daring to Resist 2007. Pp.86-88]
|
|
Léon “Alex” Chertok
|
France
|
Leader, National Movement Against Racism (Mouvement National Contre le Racisme)
[Rayski, 2005, pp. 89, 235]
|
|
Misha (Mikhail) Chipchin
|
Minsk Ghetto, Belorussia
|
Member underground
Ran printing press for ghetto newsletter
[Epstein, 2008, pp. 113, 151, 156-159, 306n43]
|
|
Aaron Chmielnitsky
|
Warsaw Ghetto, Wishkov Forest, Poland
|
Partisan, Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB), Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 1943; escaped and became partisan, Wishkov Forest
[Barkai, 1962, p. 367]
|
|
Dr. I. Chomsky
|
Southern France
|
Physician and relief worker in French concentration camps
|
|
Dr. Julian Chorazychi*
|
Treblinka death camp, Poland
|
Leader, underground resistance; killed
[Barkai, 1962, p. 367]
|
|
André Chouraqui
|
Southern France
|
Childrens Aid and Rescue Society (OSE); relief and rescue worker
[Samuel, 2002, p. 95]
|
|
Adam Ciolkosz
|
Poland
|
Council for the Rescue of the Jewish Population of Poland
|
|
Yehoshua Citron (Halevi)
|
Bratislava, Slovakia
|
Leader, Betar in Slovakia
Leader, Citron Group
|
|
Magda Clausius
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Nurse, relief worker
|
|
Simon Marcovici-Cleja
|
Romania
|
Philanthropist
Helped Irgun Ha’Apalah in Romania
[Ben-Ami, 1982, p. 199]
|
|
Benjamin V. Cohen
|
USA
|
Vice president, Palestine Economic Corporation
|
|
David Cohen
|
Netherlands
|
Organizer, Bijzondere Joodse Belangen (Committee for Special Jewish Affairs; CBJB and CJV), March 1933; president, Joodsch Raad (JD), Jewish Council, February 1941
|
|
Jacob H. Cohen
|
New York, USA
|
Treasurer, Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Heyasod), Inc.
|
|
Jean Cohen
|
|
Rescue activist
|
|
Rabbi Léo Cohen
|
France
|
Entr’aide Français Israélite (EFI)
French Jewish Scouts (EIF ; Eclaireurs Israélites de France) ; Service d’Evacuation et de Rassemblement d’Enfants
[Lazare, 1996, pp. 57-61, 70-71, 252, 254, 288]
|
|
Leo Cohen
|
Palestine
|
Jewish Agency for Palestine – Political Department
[Frilling, 2005]
|
|
Sir Leonard Cohen
|
Great Britain
|
President, ICA, 1929-1934
|
|
Margot Cohen
|
Izieu, Southern France
|
Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE; Children’s Aid Rescue Society)
Social worker
[Klarsfeld 1985.]
|
|
Marianne Cohen*
|
France
|
Member EIF; took Jewish children across Swiss border. Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE; Children’s Aid Rescue Society), French Jewish Scouts
[Rayski, 2005, pp. 182-183; Samuel, 2002, p. 124]
|
|
Morris R. Cohen
|
New York, New York, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
|
|
Sam Cohen
|
Germany
|
Director of Hanotea, Ltd.
Helped establish Capital Transfer Agreement
|
|
Samuel I. Cohen
|
USA
|
Vice President, Humane Refugee Aid Society (HRSA)
[Zucker, 2008, p. 79]
|
|
Seymour S. Cohen
|
USA
|
Staff, JDC, 1944-1945
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Dr. Alfred E. Cohn
|
New York, New York, USA
|
Board of Directors, JDC
Founder, Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars
|
|
Jacques Cohn
|
Southern France
|
Rescue activist
OSE
[Samuel, 2002, pp. 138-139]
|
|
Marianne Cohn
|
Berlin, Germany
|
Co-founded Herbert Baum Group with future husband, Herbert Baum
[Benz, 1997, pp. 178-180; Kreutzer, 1993; Brothers, 1993]
|
|
Lois Hollander Cole
|
New York, USA
|
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Junior Division, national chairperson after 1939
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Ralph F. Colin
|
New York, New York, USA
|
Executive Committee, Board of Directors, JDC; Emergency Administration Committee
Hon. Sec., Baron de Hirsch Fund
|
|
Dr. Baruch Confino
|
|
Zionist
Helped rescue Bulgarian Jews via Aliya Bet
[Chary 1970. Pp.92, 94
Ofer 1990.]
|
|
Raffaele Contoni
|
Italy
|
Zionist leader, activist
|
|
Isidor Coons
|
USA
|
Director of fundraising, JDC, 1930-1949 ; executive chairman, UJA, 1939-1949
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Abraham Coralnik
|
USA
|
Founder, American League for the Defense of Jewish Rights
[Gottleib, 1972, 1973]
|
|
Dr. Baruch Costiner
|
Romania
|
Representative, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
[JDC Archives, NY]
|
|
Emil Costiner
|
Romania
|
Leader, rescue activist
Refugee Aid Committee
(Comisa Automema de Ajutorare)
[Ancel 1987. Vol.5,8]
|
|
Ella Courlander
|
USA
|
Assistant Supervisor, NCJW
[Zucker, 2008, p. 79; YIVO Archives NYC]
|
|
Dr. Jean Cremer
|
France
|
Children’s Aid Rescue Society (Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants ; OSE)
Garel Network (Réseau Garel)
[Bauer 1981.]
|
|
Joseph Croustillon
|
Southern France
|
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Armee Juif (Jewish Army)
[JDC Archives, NY
Porat 1990.]
|
|
Anna Csech (Klein), (b. 1926)
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Hashomer Hatzair
Distributed protective documents
Captured, deported to Auschwitz, survived (husband was killed in Auschwitz)
[Gur, 2007, p. 146]
|
|
Dr. Leon Cuenca
|
Greece
|
Relief activist, physician, warned Jews
Worked with Red Cross
Arrested, deported to Auschwitz
[Friedman 2004. P.266]
|
|
Liza Czapnik
|
Bialystok Ghetto
|
Member “Antifascist Bialystok” cell; underground; helped partisans, participated in ghetto revolt
|
|
Gyorgy Czeisler
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
|
Saadiah Czerniak
|
Europe
|
Staff member, ICA
|
|
Emilia Czitrom
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
Raoul Wallenberg’s staff, Ulloi Utca 2-4
[Botos-Kovacs, 2007]
|
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