Joel Brand

Joel Brand was a member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled Jews out of German-occupied Europe to the relative safety of Hungary, during the Holocaust. When Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Brand became known for his efforts to save the Jewish community from deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland and the gas chambers there.

25 April 1906

Born on the same birth date (25 April 1906): William J. Brennan Jr.

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Carlota Castrejana • Edward II of England • Ernest Webb • Felix Berezin • Gedhun Choekyi Nyima • Graham Payn • Hank Azaria • Mary Miles Minter • Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood • Stephen Nickell • Stu Cook • Taylor Walker (footballer) • Tony Christie • Vicente Pernía

Born in the same month (April 1906): Antal Doráti • Faisal of Saudi Arabia • Mimi Smith • Rafaela Aparicio • Steve Anderson (hurdler) • William J. Brennan Jr. • William Joyce