Charles H. Jordan

As an adult, he fled to Prague after being attacked by his wife's Nazi-brother, before returning to the U.S.. His work took him to Cuba, China, France, and Switzerland.

However, Czechoslovak defector Josef Frolík reported in 1974 that Jordan died in the Egyptian embassy in Prague, at the hands of Palestinian interrogators after being abducted.

[2] While holidaying in Krummhübel (present-day Karpacz, Poland) Jordan met the daughter of guesthouse owner, Elizabeth Nemela, later marrying her in 1931.

[7] In 1948, he led the JDC's emigration department in Paris[1] where he helped Jewish refugees escape persecution in Eastern Europe.

[2] During the 1950s Jordan helped create the Swiss organization the Societé de Secours et d'Entreaide (English: "Relief and Mutual Aid Society") to provide a more official means to support Jewish refugees in Eastern Europe, and to enable communist countries avoid dealings with a Jewish organisation that they were in tension with.

[1] In June 1967, King Baudouin of Belgium nominated him as an Officer of the Order of Leopold II for his humanitarian work to support Belgian Jews.

[1] Jordan went missing on the evening of August 16, 1967[5] while on holiday with his wife in Prague, during a stay at the Esplanade Hotel on Washington Street.

[2] At the request of the U.S. government, physician Alexander Gonik and professor Ernest Hardmeyer, both from Switzerland, undertook a second autopsy several hours later, with the permission of the Czechoslovak authorities.

[10] In 1974, Czechoslovak defector Josef Frolík told the Central Intelligence Agency that Jordan had been abducted outside the Esplanade Hotel by Arab agents and died during interrogation by Palestinians at the Egyptian embassy in Prague.

[4] Frolik stated that Czechoslovak security services observed the abduction and were aware where Jordan was being held, but decided not to involve themselves in the matter.