In 1938 , Recha Freier worked alongside people such as Aaron Menschel , director of the Vienna Youth Aliyah office , in an endeavor to save Austrian Jews . In this year too , largely coinciding with the Kristallnacht pogrom , Jews in Germany of Polish Nationality , were arrested and sent to concentration camps . Freier endeavored to obtain the release of these Jews from the concentration camps . This became possible by making use of permits issued by the Nazi authorities and given to the Jewish representative body — the Reich Association of Jews in Germany for distribution to such Jews as could undertake to leave Germany within two weeks of receiving the permit . Freier took 100 such permits , without permission and filled in the names of Jewish concentration camp prisoners . These prisoners were released and ultimately reached Palestine . When it became known that Freier had taken the permits without the knowledge of the officers of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany , Freier was informed that she was not allowed to take any more permits , and was ousted from the Zionist leadership in Berlin , including her position as the director of the Youth Aliyah offices
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Recha Freier