Abraham Silberschein | |
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| Born | Adolf Henryk Silberschein March 30, 1882 |
| Died | December 30, 1951 (aged 69) |
| Resting place | Jewish cemetery, Geneva |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer, diplomat |
| Known for | member of the Polish Sejm (1922–1927) member of the Ładoś Group |
| Spouse | Fanny Hirsch |
| Honours |  |
Adolf Henryk Silberschein, also known as Abraham Silberschein (born March 30, 1882, in Lwów, Austria-Hungary, today Ukraine, died December 30, 1951, in Geneva, Switzerland) was a Polish-Jewish lawyer, activist of the World Jewish Congress, Zionist, member of the Polish Sejm (1922–1927). During the Holocaust he was a member of the Ładoś Group also called the Bernese Group,[1][2] an informal cooperation of Jewish organizations and Polish diplomats who fabricated and smuggled illegal Latin American passports to occupied Poland, saving their holders and their families from immediate deportation to German Nazi death camps.[3][4]
- ^ "President Andrzej Duda and Survivors will pay tribute to a Polish diplomat who saved more than 800 Jews". chicago.mfa.gov.pl. Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ Kumoch, Jakub (2018-10-26). "How we let a Holocaust hero be forgotten". israelhayom.com. Israel Hayom. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "EHRI - Abraham Silberschein". portal.ehri-project.e. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ Marcus, Joseph (1983). Social and Political History of the Jews in Poland, 1919-1939. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9789027932396.