David Makofski
British humanitarian
About David Makofski
Lived 1892 – 1974 (aged 81–82).
David Makofski (1892 – 1974) was an English, Leeds-based tailor and humanitarian. From 1938 to 1940 he helped at least 300 mainly Austrian and German Jews to flee Nazi persecution in their homeland.
Life Born in Leeds, to a Jewish family of Latvian immigrants to Britain, Makofski left school at 14 to become a tailor at the Leeds factory of Montague Burton.
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Who was David Makofski?
British humanitarian (1892-1974)
When was David Makofski born?
David Makofski was born in 1892.
When did David Makofski die?
David Makofski died in 1974.
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