Safran, Alexandre

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
שפרן, אלכסנדר יהודה, 1910-2006
Name (Latin)
Safran, Alexandre
Name (Cyrilic)
Сафран, Александр
Other forms of name
Shafran, Aleksander
Safran, Alexandru
Safran, Aleksander Y
Safran, A. (Alexandre)
Chafran, Alexandre
שאפראן, אלכסנדר יהודה, 1910-2006
שפרן, אלכסנדר, 1910-2006
שאפראן, אלכסנדר יהודה בן בצלאל זאב
שפרן, אלכסנדר, 1910-
Date of birth
1911-09-11
Date of death
2006-08-04
Place of birth
Bacău (Romania)
Place of death
Geneva (Switzerland)
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
מקום לידה: באקוי [רומניה]
מקום לידה: Bacau
תאריך לידה עברי: יח אלול תרע"א [11.9.1911]
מקום פטירה: ג'ניבה [שווייץ]
מקום פטירה: Geneva
תאריך פטירה עברי: י אב תשס"ו [4.8.2006].
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 9853200
Wikidata: Q2628948
Library of congress: n 86867412
Sources of Information
  • His Sagesse de la Kabbale, c1986-:v. 1, t.p. (Alexandre Safran, grand rabbin de Geneve)
  • LC data base, 11/25/86(hdg.: Safran, Alexandre)
  • His Resisting the storm, 1987:t.p. (Alexandre Safran) p. 9 (Chief Rabbi of Romania, 1940-1947) p. 12 (now Chief Rabbi of Geneva; foreward written 18 Elul 5746, his 76th birthday; signed & dated Sept. 1986)
  • Alei shefer, 1990:t.p. (Rabbi Dr. Alexandre Safran) added t.p. (Aleksander Shafran)
  • Un taciune smuls flacarilor, 1996:t.p. (Alexandru Safran)
  • Univ. of Haifa online cat., April 10, 1997(Safran, Alexandre, 1910-)
  • Heshbono shel olam, 2001- :v.1, t.p. (Aleksander Y. Safran)
  • Judaisme, anti-judaisme et christianisme, c2000:t.p. (A. Safran) p. 13 (Alexandre Safran, grand rabbin de Geneve)
  • Times online WWW site, Aug. 9, 2006(Alexandru Safran; b. Sept. 12, 1910, Bacau, Romania; d. July 27, 2006; Chief Rabbi who saved many of Romania's Jews from the Nazis and then championed human rights in Geneva for five decades)
  • The Author's חשבונו של עולם, תשס"ב 2001-תשס"ו 2006.
  • The Author's Мудрость Кабалы :, 2004.
  • LCN:Safran, Alexandre
  • Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
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Wikipedia description:

Alexandru Şafran (or Alexandre Safran; 12 September 1910 – 27 July 2006) was a Romanian and, after 1948, Swiss rabbi. As chief rabbi of Romania (1940–1948), he intervened with authorities in the fascist government of Ion Antonescu in an unusually successful attempt to save Jews during the Holocaust.

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