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For the Union of Orthodox Rabbis Vaad Hatzalah, see Vaad Hatzalah.
The Aid and Rescue Committee, or Va'adat Ha-Ezrah ve-ha-Hatzalah be-Budapesht (name in Hebrew: ועדת העזרה וההצלה בבודפשט; called the Vaada) [1] was a small committee of Zionists based in Budapest in 1944-5, who were dedicated to helping Jews escape the Holocaust during the German occupation of Hungary. [2]
The main personalities of the Vaada were Dr. Otto Komoly, president; Rudolf Kastner, executive vice-president and de facto leader; Samuel Springmann, treasurer; and Joel Brand, who was in charge of tijul, or the underground rescue of Jews. [3] Other members were Hansi Brand (Joel Brand's wife); Moshe Krausz and Eugen Frankl (both Orthodox Jews and Zionists); and Ernst Szilagyi from the left-wing Hashomer Hatzair. [4]
[edit] See also
- ^ Braham, Randolph L. Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust (Hebrew edition), Yad Vashem and Sifriat Hapoalim, 1990, p.438.
- ^ Bauer, Yehuda. Jews for Sale: Nazi-Jewish Negotiations, 1933-1945, Yale University Press, 1994, p.152.
- ^ Hilberg, Raul. The Destruction of the European Jews, Yale University Press, 2003, p. 901
- ^ Bauer, Yehuda. Jews for Sale: Nazi-Jewish Negotiations, 1933-1945, Yale University Press, 1994, p.153.
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