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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 a very large rescue operation. [1] [2]
Carl Lutz was the first Swiss citizen to be recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Memorial – in 1964. He was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and has been honored in Germany (Order of Merit, 1962), Argentina, the USA and Israel.
Jul 23, 2018 · Carl Lutz managed to save half of Budapest's Jewish population by exploiting the Nazi's respect for paperwork.
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Carl Lutz, a diplomat stationed in Hungary, led the largest diplomatic rescue operation of World War II. A look back at a personality who is still too little known.
Charles "Carl" Lutz, born March 30, 1895, in Walzenhausen, Switzerland, was a Swiss diplomat who saved thousands of Jews in Hungary. Lutz arrived in Budapest in January 1942 to serve as Switzerland’s vice-consul, and was put in charge of representing the Unites States, Great Britain, and other countries that had cut off ties with Hungary.
Sep 26, 2021 · Carl Lutz (1895-1975) was the first neutral diplomat in Budapest to rescue Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. He issued protective letters to 8,000 Jews and established 76 Swiss safe houses, saving 62,000 Jews from deportation and death.
Feb 9, 2019 · This courageous diplomat was a Swiss version of Oskar Schindler. During his tenure as Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, he helped close to 10,000 Jewish children emigrate from Nazi-occupied Hungry. He saved over 62,000 Jews in total.
