Yoel Palgi
Yoel Palgi | |
|---|---|
between 1942 and 1944 | |
| Native name | יואל פלגי |
| Birth name | Emil Nussbacher |
| Born | 1918 Cluj, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 1978 (aged 59–60) |
| Allegiance | Israel |
| Branch | Palmach |
| Spouse(s) | Phyllis Palgi |
| Other work | |
Yoel Palgi (Hebrew: יואל פלגי; born Emil Nussbacher 1918–1978) was a Palmach parachutist who was dropped by Britain into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist in the rescue of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust and RAF pilots captured by the Germans.