Shaike Dan

Shaike Dan (November 15, 1909 – March 2, 1994) was one of the Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine sent to Eastern European countries occupied by the Nazis.

[1] In 1944, Shaike Dan was parachuted[2] together with Yitzhak Ben-Efraim into enemy territory in Axis member Romania.

[3][4] In the 1950s, Dan was one of the founders of the Liaison Office for the Jews of the Soviet Union ("Nativ"), that replaced earlier underground organization Hamossad L'Aliya Bet.

[5][6] From his base in Vienna, he was involved in fleeing Jews from Eastern European countries to Israel.

Dan was the representative of the Israeli government in the negotiations with the Romanian authorities regarding the emigration of the Jews from there and he carried shipments of cash with him for that purpose.