Brand Joël

  • Brand, Joe͏̈l, 1907-1964
  • Brand, Joël 1906-1964
  • ברנד, יואל, 1906-1964
  • ברנד, יואל, ־1906
  • בראנד, יואל, 1906־
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Identifier
000060
Type of Entity
Person

Dates of Existence

1907

13/07/1964

History

Member of the Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest; organised rescue and relief for refugees from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland and smuggled Jews into Hungary in 1943. After the German invasion of Hungary in 1944, Brand was approached by Eichmann for "Blood for Goods" deal to negotiate between Jewish leaders and Nazis regarding the sparing of 1 million Jews for 10 000 trucks and other goods. In 1961 Brand testified at Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem.

Places

  • Năsăud, Romania

Sources

  • Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / ed. I. Gutman. - New York : Macmillan, 1990. - Vol. 1, p. 238-240