Edouard Rafael Sassoon

Physician

1949 – 1985

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Who was Edouard Rafael Sassoon?

Andre Moses de Rothschild (b. 14 May 1948; d 2 August 1979) was born to Jewish parents in Canada. His mother whose family was originally from Salonika (Thessaloniki in Greece) was born in Sparta, Greece, she is a cousin of Elie Mordechai Faraggi (פרג'י), a Greek national hero killed in 1943 by the Nazis. Rothschild was a physician, humanitarian, and the only son of Abraham Joseph de Rothschild (1929-1984), and Stella Faraggi (1928-1980) and a member of the English Rothschild banking family. In 1979 while volunteering with a group of physicians in the Sudan, Rothschild was abducted and murdered by Sudan National Security agents who accused him of being a western and Israeli spy, which he was not.

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Born
Nov 14, 1949
Greece
Also known as
  • Moshe
Parents
Spouses

  • (1971 - 1985)
Religion
  • Judaism
Nationality
  • Greece
Profession
Died
1985
Khartoum

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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