Aron Grünhut

Aron Grünhut (1895–1974) was a Bratislava-based Jewish activist who helped 1,365 Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, and Austrian Jews illegally emigrate to Palestine before and during World War II.[1][2] Grünhut later received an unauthorized Salvedorean visa from George Mandel-Mantello for himself and his family.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The opening of the exhibition "Aron Grünhut - the Rescuer of the Jews and the Human Rights Fighter"". Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. ^ Hutzelmann, Barbara (2018). "Einführung: Slowakei" [Introduction: Slovakia]. In Hutzelmann, Barbara; Hausleitner, Mariana; Hazan, Souzana (eds.). Slowakei, Rumänien und Bulgarien [Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria]. Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das nationalsozialistische Deutschland 1933-1945 [The Persecution and Murder of European Jews by Nazi Germany 1933-1945] (in German). Vol. 13. Munich: Institut für Zeitgeschichte. p. 26. ISBN 978-3-11-036500-9.
  3. ^ "Unauthorized Salvadoran citizenship certificate issued to Aron Grunhut (b. 03/31/1892), his wife Etel Grunhut (b. 05/30/1895) and their children Leo (b. 04/30/1930), Judith (b. 07/15/1931), and Ernst (b. 10/08/1932) all born in Bratislava by George Mandel-Mantello, First Secretary of the Salvadoran Consulate in Switzerland". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 12 February 2020.