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  1. Gustloff Wilhelm

    • Gustloff, Wilhelm
    • גוסטלוף, וילהלם
    • Gusṭlof, Ṿilhelm 1895-1936
    • Gustloff, Wilhelm, 1895-1936

    1895

    1936

    Swiss Nazi party leader, killed by David Frankfurter.

  2. Heim Otto

    • Heim, Otto H. 1896-1978
    • Heim, Otto H. 1896-1978

    17/11/1896

    12/05/1978

    Helped refugees during WWII, member of Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorgen VSJF (Association of Swiss Jewish Refugee Aid and Welfare Organisations) during the war and head of the VSJF 1945-1968.

  3. Jarblum Marc

    • Jarblum, Marc, 1887-1972
    • יארבלום, מרדכי
    • יארבלום, מ.
    • Jarblum, Mordʹkhai, 1887-1972
    • Jarblum, M.
    • ...

    1887

    1972

    Socialist president of the Zionist Organization of France and head of the Fédération des Sociétés juives de France (FSJF), one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in rance, refuged in Geneve, Switzerland, in 1943.

  4. Kapel Shmuel René

    • Kapel, René Samuel
    • Kapel, Shmuel René
    • Ḳapel, Shemuʾel Reneh
    • Kapel, Samuel René
    • קפל, שמואל רנה
    • ...

    1907

    1994

    French Rabbi during WWII, one of the chaplains for the internment camps in South France. Holocaust survivor, France. Israeli Ambassador to Greece and Latin American countries.

  5. Karski Jan

    • Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
    • Kozielewski-Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
    • Witold 1914-2000 Pseudonym
    • Kozielewski, Jan 1914-2000 Wirklicher Name
    • コジェレフスキ, ヤン
    • ...

    24/06/1914

    13/07/2000

    Resistance fighter. Member of the Polish underground, courier to the Polish Government-in-exile, slipped twice into the Warsaw ghetto in 1942 and subsequently made his way to London and the US to report on the deplorable conditions he witnessed. Righteous gentile.

  6. Klarsfeld Beate

    • Klarsfeld, Beate, 1939-....
    • Klarsfeld, Beate
    • קלארספלד, ביאטה, ־1939

    13/02/1939

    Journalist. Nazi hunter.

  7. Klarsfeld Serge

    • Klarsfeld, Serge, 1935-....
    • Klarsfeld, Serge

    17/09/1935

    Nazi hunter.

  8. Komoly Ottó

    1892

    1945

    Architect, Zionist leader. During the Holocaust, Komoly was among the most prominent Hungarian Jewish leaders to participate in rescuing the Jews of Hungary. Zionist organisations established the so-called Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest (Budapesti Segélyező és Mentőbizottság or Va‘adat ‘Ezrah ve-Hatsalah) in 1942. Komoly, as president of this organisation, smuggled Jews across the border, assisted refugees in Hungary, and made preparations for the self-defence of the Jewish community. Komoly’s rescue action of Jewish children was his most successful achievement. He worked in this a...

  9. Mayer Saly

    • מאיר סלי
    • Mayer, Saly, 1882-1950
    • Saly, Mayer
    • Saly, Mayer, 1882-1950

    1882

    1950

    President of the Schweizerische Israelische Gemeindebund (Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities) [SIG] 1936-1943 and representative of JOINT in Switzerland.

  10. Murmelstein Benjamin

    • Murmelstein, Benjamin, 1905-
    • Murmelstein, Benjamin, 1905-1989
    • Murmelstein, B., 1905-1989
    • Murmelsztajn, Benjamin 1905-
    • Murmelstein, Benjamin
    • ...

    1905

    1989

    Rabbi in the Vienna Jewish community, member of the Judenrat. Deported to Theresienstadt, deputy and later Judenältester.

  11. Musy Jean Marie

    • Musy, Jean-Marie, 1876-1952
    • Musy, Jean, 1876-1952
    • Musy, Jean-Marie
    • Musy, Jean Marie 1876-1952

    10/04/1876

    19/04/1952

    Member of the Federal Council of Switzerland (1919/1934). Negotiated the release of 1210 prisoners from Theresienstadt.

  12. Raeder Erich

    • Raeder, Erich
    • Raeder, Erich, 1876-1960
    • Raeder, E. (Erich), 1876-1960
    • Raeder, Erich.
    • Raeder, E.
    • ...

    24/04/1876

    06/11/1960

    Grand Admiral in the German Navy until retirement in 1941

  13. Riegner Gerhard

    12/09/1911

    03/12/2001

    Head of Genfer Geschäftsstelle des WJC (1939-48). Passed information on the murder on European Jews to the British and American governments

  14. Roosevelt Franklin Delano

    • Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
    • ルーズヴェルト, フランクリン・D
    • Ruzvelʹt, Franklin, 1882-1945
    • Luosifu, 1882-1945
    • Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945
    • ...

    30/01/1882

    02/04/1945

    32nd president of the United States (1933-1945)

  15. Rothmund Heinrich

    • Rothmund, Heinrich, 1888-1961

    06/07/1888

    08/04/1961

    Head of the Police Division of the Federal Department of Justice and Police

  16. Sternbuch Isaac

    Representative in the Va'ad ha-hatsala rescue committee of the Orthodox rabbis in the United States together with his wife Recha. Headed the Relief Organisation for Jewish Refugees Abroad. Helped rescue numerous Jews from Poland and Czechoslovakia.

  17. Sugihara Sempo

    • 杉原, 千畝, 1900-1986
    • スギハラ, チウネ, 1900-1986
    • Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986
    • Sugihara, Chiune.
    • 杉原千畝, 1900-1986.
    • ...

    01/01/1900

    31/07/1986

    Consul general in Kovno, Lithuania. Assisted Jewish refugees in 1940. Righteous among the nations from 1984.

  18. Truman Harry S.

    • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
    • Truman, Harry, 1884-1972
    • Trumėn, G. 1884-1972
    • Dulumen, 1884-1972
    • טרומאן, הארי ס., 1884-1972
    • ...

    08/05/1884

    26/12/1972

    33rd president of the United States (1945-53).

  19. Wahrhaftig Zorah

    02/02/1906

    26/09/2002

    Israeli lawyer, politician and a Holocaust survivor, saved due to Chiune Sugihara’s intervention. He was a signatory of Israel's Declaration of Independence.

  20. Weissmandel Michael Dov

    • Weissmandel, Michael Dov, 1904?-1957
    • וייסמנדל, רחמ״ד
    • וויסמאנדל, מיכאל דוב
    • ווייסמאנדל, מיכאל בער, ?1904־1957
    • ווייסמאנדל, חיים מיכאל דוב, 1957־?1904
    • ...

    1903

    1956

    Rabbi in Slovakia. Helped halt the deportation of Slovakian Jews for two years, through the organisation Working Group, who bribed German and Slovakian officials. Created the Europa Plan the rescue European Jews Jews in hte same way. In 1944 broadcast the so called Auschwitz Protocols about the mass exterminations. Escaped from Auschwitz, settled in the United States. \