Carl Lutz
Carl Lutz | |
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Lutz in 1944 | |
| Swiss Vice-Consul to Hungary for Budapest | |
| In office January 1942 – 1945 | |
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| Born | 30 March 1895 Walzenhausen, Switzerland |
| Died | 12 February 1975 (aged 79) Bern, Switzerland |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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| By country |
Carl Lutz (30 March 1895 – 12 February 1975) was a Swiss diplomat. He served as the Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, Hungary, from 1942 until the end of World War II. He is credited with saving over 62,000 Jews during the Second World War in possibly the largest rescue operation of the Holocaust.
Due to his actions, half of the Jewish population of Budapest survived and were not deported to Nazi extermination camps during the Holocaust. He was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.