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  1. Dörfler, Leopold (* 1.1.1888)

    Born 1888 in Prague. Died 1944 in Auschwitz. Worked as constructer. During WWII employee of the Jewish Community in Prague, was in charge of the Transport department of the Treuhandstelle. Deported to Terezín in September 1943. Transported to Auschwitz in October 1944.

  4. Edelstein, Jacob (* 25.7.1903)

    Born 1903 in Horodenka in Galicia. Died 1944 in Auschwitz. Czech Zionist and Director of the Palestinian Office in Prague which distributed immigration certificates for Palestine. Transported to Nisko in 1939, but allowed to return. Edelstein was appointed the first "Elder of the Jews" in Terezín. Transported to Terezín in 1941 and in 1943 to the "Terezín family camp" in Auschwitz-Birkenau in December 1943 where he was executed, together with his family, in 1944.