Hello,
One of the speakers at this year's Bonyhad Azkara in Jerusalem was Prof. Binyamin (Robert) Englman, originally from Budapest. In a brief conversation I learned that he found refuge from the murderers in the now legendary Glass House (Uveghaz) in Budapest at Vadasz street 29, near the Parliament. My dear father was also there for a while as was Mr. Blau and Mr. Herman. Once I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Moshe Shkedi (Mandel) who was also there while very young. He and his brother studied at the Bonyhad yeshiva. His brother died in Bonyhad tragically at night from fumes hen a chimney got stuck or collapsed. Moshe Shkedi's son Eliezer Shkedi was Commander of the Air Force. About 3,000 Jews found refuge in the Glass House and the neighboring building. The bulding was under protection of Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz. Until a few years ago Yad Vashenm had a tiny (about 15 x 15 cm) sign at floor level abut Lutz tating he saved or protected about 50,000 of us. That sign was removed which is worse than deplorable and credit was transfered to Moshe Krausz to be a "Zionist achievement."
I learned that Prof. Englman was teaching physics at a London university and asked if he knew ther Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld: one of the few great Jewish Wallenbergs who did so much for us Jews during the Shoah. Turns out they were relatives.
Attached is a brief extract from a Jerusalem Working Group (now inactive) report: The Rescuers. It features one page summaries anout the most important Jews who did so much to save and protect us during the Shoah. Rabbi Schonfeld's profile is on page 17.
Shalom,
Larry Pfeffer
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