Sandor (Alexander) Kasza-Kasser, Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross in Hungary, 1944-45

In April 1944, Kasser was appointed by Valdemar Langlet to be the Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross in Budapest.  As a volunteer, Kasser was given the responsibility to organize for Langlet the administration of the Swedish Red Cross in Hungary.  Kasser designed the Swedish Red Cross protective papers.  Initially, about 400 of these protective papers were issued to Jews in Budapest.  He provided Jewish refugees with jobs in the Red Cross and he rented hospitals and other buildings, which were used to hide Jews. Kasser worked extensively with Raoul Wallenberg on numerous rescue missions to save Jews from Arrow Cross roundups and from death marches. 

Kasser received the Righteous Among the Nations award form the State of Israel in July 1997.  His wife, Elizabeth Kasser, was a Jewish volunteer for the Swedish legation in Budapest.  She served primarily as an interpreter for Raoul Wallenberg.