Alexandru Șafran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexandru Șafran

Romanian and Swiss rabbi

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1910

Place of Birth: Bacău, Bacău County, Romania

Date of Death: 27-Jul-2006

Profession: rabbi, historian, Chief Rabbi

Nationality: Switzerland, Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alexandru Safran (or Alexandre Safran; September 12, 1910 – July 27, 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.