Person
Raphael Shefer
רפאל שפר
Zionist aliyah organizer and administrator active in Poland and wartime rescue efforts.
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Source OCR · scan 189 · printed page 182
... רפאל שפר ז"ל, (שלושים לפטירתו) ...Source passage 2
Source OCR · scan 191 · printed page 184
כזה היה רפאל שפר שם, בוארשה, בתוך עמו, עם יהודי פולין. משירד העיט על יהדות
אירופה ויהדות פולין היתה לו לטרף, חשך על שפר עולמו. אמנם הוא הצליח להינצל מצפרניו
של הדרקון הנאצי ולהגיע -- יחד עם קבוצת מנהיגים ציוניים -- לארץ מאוייו, אך מנוח לכף
רגלו לא מצא עוד. כביכול, ניתק מטבורה של יהדות פולין, ממנה ינק את חיוניותו. גופו נצטמק.
שח, פניו האפירו וברק עיניו הועם. בהתמכרות ללא שיור הטיל את כל מרצו לפעולות ההצלה
של הסוכנות היהודית ; עם השליחות שהטילה עליו הסוכנות לעמוד בראש המשרד הארצישראלי
בטהראן, ששימשה אז, בימי מלחמת העולם השניה, תחנת מעבר חשובה להצלת פליטים יהודיים
שנמלטו מפולין לרוסיה, דומה היה, שהמגע עם אודים מוצלים מאש התופת ההילה שלהבת נפשו.
אך חיש דעכה האש. מרגוע לא מצא. הגורל הטראגי שמצא את יהודי פולין לא הרפה ממנו. ...Source passage 3
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... רפאל שפר. ...Connected nodes
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Raphael Shefer: A David-Horodok Zionist’s work of escape and rescue
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Place
David-Horodok
Born In
Organization
Central Palestine Office in Warsaw
Worked At
Place
Vilna
Traveled To
Place
Land of Israel
Migrated To
Organization
Rescue Committee
Worked At
Event
Birth of Raphael Shefer
Participated In · Subject
Event
Raphael Shefer reaches Vilna
Participated In · Subject
Event
Raphael Shefer reaches the Land of Israel
Participated In · Subject
Event
Raphael organizes refugee aliyah in Tehran
Participated In · Subject
Person
Shimon Ronkin
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Place
Land of Israel
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Institution
Neighborhood synagogue
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Person
Rabbi Takhorush
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Place
Warsaw
Lived At
Organization
Jewish Agency
Worked At
Place
Tehran
Worked At
Person
Yitzhak Gruenbaum
Affiliated With
Institution
State Comptroller's Office
Worked At
Institution
Tel Aviv Municipality
Worked At
Event
Rafael Shefer reached the Land of Israel
Participated In · Subject
Event
Rafael Shefer headed the Palestine office in Tehran
Participated In · Employee
Event
Rafael Shefer served as Tel Aviv comptroller
Participated In · Employee
Place
Warsaw
Appears in same passage
Community
Polish Jewry
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Place
Europe
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Organization
Jewish Agency
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Place
Tehran
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Organization
Group of Zionist leaders
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Person
Yitzhak Gruenbaum
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Person
Abraham Isaac Hamalakh
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Person
Saul Dov
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Isaac Leib Zager
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Shneur Zalman Shapira
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Yehuda Kashtan
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Yosef Kashtan
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Abraham Isaac
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Jacob Kluzny
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A. Lakhovsky
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Jacob son of Joseph Kluzny
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Worked At
Raphael Shefer → Central Palestine Office in Warsaw
ונכנס בשנת 1921 לפעולה בשטח העליה, כמנהל מחלקת המודיעין במשרד הארץ-ישראלי המרכזי בווארשה
- role:
- director of the intelligence department
- startDate:
- 1921
Worked At
Raphael Shefer → Central Palestine Office in Warsaw
בשנת 1925 נתמנה מנהל המשרד הא"י המרכזי בווארשה
- role:
- director
- startDate:
- 1925
- endText:
- until the outbreak of World War II
Traveled To
Raphael Shefer → Vilna
יחד עם קבוצת עסקנים ציוניים יצא לוילנה ב-1940
- date:
- 1940
- with:
- Zionist activists
Worked At
Rafael Shefer → Jewish Agency
בהתמכרות ללא שיור הטיל את כל מרצו לפעולות ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית
Worked At
Rafael Shefer → Tel Aviv Municipality
ממשרד מבקר המדינה לכהן כמבקר בעיריית תל-אביב
Associated events
Birth · 1892
Birth of Raphael Shefer
Raphael Shefer was born in David-Horodok in 1892.
Migration · 1940
Raphael Shefer reaches Vilna
Raphael traveled to Vilna with a group of Zionist activists in 1940.
Migration
Raphael Shefer reaches the Land of Israel
Raphael reached the Land of Israel after traveling by a wandering route.
Employment
Raphael organizes refugee aliyah in Tehran
Raphael went to Tehran to organize Polish refugees’ aliyah from Russia through Persia.
Migration
Rafael Shefer reached the Land of Israel
Shefer escaped Nazi persecution and reached the Land of Israel with Zionist leaders.
Employment
Rafael Shefer headed the Palestine office in Tehran
Shefer headed the Palestine office in Tehran during World War II refugee rescue efforts.
Employment
Rafael Shefer served as Tel Aviv comptroller
Shefer left the State Comptroller's Office to serve as comptroller of Tel Aviv Municipality.