Fleischmann, Gisela
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| Described At | Fleischmann Gisela | yivo |
| Has Abstract | (1897–1944), president of the Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) in interwar Czechoslovakia and a leading activist of the Pracovna Skupina (Working Group), an informal leadership group of Slovak Jewry during World War II, who dedicated her life to rescue and welfare efforts. Born in Bratislava to an Orthodox family, Gisi (as she was known) was a relative of Rabbi Mikha’el Dov Ber Weissmandel, later her colleague in the Working Group. Instrumental in social and communal work, she became chairperson of HICEM (the combined acronym for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society [HIAS], Jewish Colonization Association [ICA], and Emigration-Direct, a German organization) and a much-trusted member of the Joint Distribution Committee and of the Zionist federation executive committees. Most notable are her efforts to render support and organize escape routes for refugees from Germany (1933), Austria (1938), and the Protektorat (1940) who were trying to work their way to safer Hungary or to Palestine. | yivo |
| is Represents of | 2032979 | ep |
| Title | Fleischmann, Gisela | yivo |
| is Owl Same As of | 2032979 | ep |
| Core Alt Label | Gisi Fleischmann | yivo |
| Core Pref Label | Fleischmann, Gisela | yivo |
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