A. Safran; Defender of Romanian Jews ; Rabbi Sought to Prevent World War Ii Deportations

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › July 31, 2006

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GENEVA Alexander Safran, the former chief rabbi of Romania who tried to prevent the deportation of Jews by his country's pro-Nazi regime during World War II, has died, his family said Friday. He was 95.

Rabbi Safran died at home in Geneva on Thursday, according to the family's death notice published in the Tribune de Geneve.

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A. Safran; Defender of Romanian Jews ; Rabbi Sought to Prevent World War Ii Deportations

After leaving his homeland for Switzerland, Rabbi Safran became the chief rabbi of Geneva in 1948. He w...

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