Gisi Fleischmann

Gisi Fleischmann
Born
Gisela Fischer

(1892-01-21)21 January 1892
Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, (today Bratislava, Slovakia)
Died18 October 1944(1944-10-18) (aged 52)
OccupationZionist activist
Known forAttempting to save Slovak Jews as the leader of the Bratislava Working Group
ChildrenAliza and Yehudit Fleischmann

Gisi Fleischmann (Slovak: Gizela Fleischmannová; 21 January 1892 – 18 October 1944) was a Zionist activist and the leader of the Bratislava Working Group, one of the best known Jewish rescue groups during the Holocaust. Fleischmann was arrested on 15 October 1944 and was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp three days later.