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Alfréd Israel Wetzler (10 May 1918 [1] – 8 February 1988), who wrote under the alias Jozef Lánik, was a Slovak Jewish writer. He is known for escaping from Auschwitz concentration camp and co-writing the Vrba-Wetzler Report , which helped halt the deportation of Jews from Hungary, saving up to 200,000 lives.
Telegram on 8 April 1944 from the Gestapo at Auschwitz, Poland, with descriptions of Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, two escapees, to the Reich Security Head Office in Berlin, the SS in Oranienburg, district commanders, and others. This was widely distributed to police and security offices. Date: 8 April 1944: Source
Vrba and Wetzler escape. 22 / 23 April; Vrba and Wetzler arrive in Žilina, Slovakia. 24 April; Vrba and Wetzler meet Dr Oscar Neumann of the Bratislava Working Group. 27 April; German translation of the Vrba–Wetzler report completed. 28 April; The first trainload of Hungarian Jews leaves for Auschwitz. c. 28 April
Man of Flowers is a 1983 Australian film about an eccentric, reclusive, middle-aged man, Charles Bremer, who enjoys the beauty of art, flowers, music and watching pretty women undress. Werner Herzog has a cameo role as Bremer's father in flashbacks.
In 1946, Dr. Oskar Neumann, head of the Jewish Council in Slovakia, whose interviews with Vrba and Wetzler in April 1944 helped to form the Vrba–Wetzler report, wrote in his memoir Im Schatten des Todes (published in 1956) [243] that the men had indeed mentioned Hungarian salami to him during the interviews: "These chaps did also report that ...
Alfréd Wetzler [73] 29162 May 10, 1918: February 8, 1988: 69 Jewish 1942 – April 7, 1944 Escaped from the camp. Co-author of the Vrba-Wetzler report, delivered to the Allies, which saved the lives of an estimated 120 to 200 thousand Jews. Alex Dekel [74] Served under Josef Mengele as his subject, witnessing many of Mengele's human medical ...
Unlike Slim and Gorman, Denise Rosales has spent her life making and selling beadwork and other art. “My grandma took me to roadside stands, where I sat on a blanket making jewelry,” said ...
Wetzler is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Alfréd Wetzler (1918–1988), Austro-Hungarian writer; Ben Wetzler (born 1991), American baseball pitcher;