000060
type: Person
sources: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / ed. I. Gutman. - New York : Macmillan, 1990. - Vol. 1, p. 238-240
date: 1907 13/07/1964
has or had agent name: Brand Joel
has or had agent name: Brand Joel 1906-
has or had agent name: Brand Joe͏̈l 1907-1964
has or had agent name: Brand Joel Jenö 1906-1964
has or had agent name: ברנד יואל ־1906
has or had agent name: בראנד יואל
has or had agent name: Brand Joël 1906-1964
has or had agent name: ברנד יואל 1906-1964
has or had agent name: בראנד יואל 1906־
history: Member of the Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest; organised rescue and relief for refugees from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland and smuggled Jews into Hungary in 1943. After the German invasion of Hungary in 1944, Brand was approached by Eichmann for"Blood for Good" deal to negotiate between Jewish leaders and Nazis regarding the sparing of 1 million Jews for 10 000 trucks and other goods. In 1961 Brand testified at Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem.
name: Brand Joël