Alexandru Șafran was a Romanian and, after 1948, Swiss rabbi. As chief rabbi of Romania (1940-1948), he intervened with authorities in the fascist government of Ion Antonescu in an unusually successful attempt to save Jews during the Holocaust.
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Mihail LascărAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of RomaniaArmand AbécassisAlso won Prix de l'Amitié judéo-chrétienne de France
Simion StoilowAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania
Josy EisenbergAlso won Prix de l'Amitié judéo-chrétienne de France
Max van der StoelAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania
Pierre d'OrnellasAlso won Prix de l'Amitié judéo-chrétienne de FranceAbout this person
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2006 · aged 95
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