Oswald Rufeisen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oswald Rufeisen

Israeli Discalced Carmelite friar

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1922

Place of Birth: Żywiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1998

Profession: priest, brother, monk, interpreter

Nationality: Poland, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Shmuel Oswald Rufeisen (1922–1998), better known as Brother (or Father) Daniel, O.C.D., was a Polish-born Jew who survived the Nazi invasion of his homeland, in the course of which he converted to Christianity, becoming a Catholic and a friar of the Discalced Carmelite Order.
He moved to Israel, where he sought citizenship under the Israeli Law of Return, but was refused by the Israeli government.