Károly Szabó

See also Károly Szabó (Ambassador to the United States)
Károly Szabó
Károly Szabó circa 1944–1945
Born(1916-11-17)November 17, 1916
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
DiedOctober 28, 1964(1964-10-28) (aged 47)
Budapest, Hungary
OccupationOffice machinery mechanic
SpouseMargit Vásárhelyi

Károly Szabó (November 17, 1916 – October 28, 1964) was an employee of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest from 1944 to 1945 when he rescued Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. He was a supporter of Raoul Wallenberg and had a significant role in making contact with the representatives of the Hungarian police and other state officials. He was arrested without legal proceedings in 1953 in Budapest, in a secret trial.

He was honored as Righteous Among the Nations on November 12, 2012.

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