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Stone 41

MICHAEL BER WEISSMANDEL
(1902-1956) 

A LEADER OF THE JEWISH UNDERGROUND IN
SLOVAKIA. THIS ORTHODOX RABBI HELPED END
TRANSPORTS TO POLAND IN 1942. HE ENGAGED IN
MANY EFFORTS TO RESCUE JEWS IN SLOVAKIA, BUT
FAILED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO HALT ALL DEPORTATIONS
FROM WESTERN EUROPE AND THE BALKANS.
RABBI WEISSMANDEL ALSO PASSED ON EYEWITNESS
TESTIMONY IN MID-1944 FROM FOUR JEWS WHO
HAD FLED AUSCHWITZ AND HE UNSUCESSFULLY
DEMANDED THAT THE ALLIES BOMB BIRKENAU AND
THE RAILWAY LINES LEADING TO IT FROM HUNGARY.

RABBI WEISSMANDEL JUMPED FROM A TRAIN
BOUND FOR AUSCHWITZ AND REACHED SAFETY IN
SWITZERLAND NEAR THE WAR’S END.