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Serbian. Ukrainian. v. t. e. Selahattin Ülkümen (14 January 1914 – 7 June 2003) was a Turkish diplomat who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1989, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. During World War II, he was serving as a consul-general of Turkey on the island of Rhodes ...
- Turkish
- 7 June 2003 (aged 89), Istanbul, Turkey
- Diplomat
Selahattin Ülkümen was the Turkish consul-general on the island of Rhodes which was under German occuaption. In late July 1944, the Germans began the deportation of the island’s 1,700 Jews. Ülkümen managed to save approximately 50 Jews, 13 of them Turkish citizens, the rest with some Turkish connection
Selahattin Ülkümen stood for the other side, one of safety and courage. Aside from his recognition in Yad Vashem he received further honors. In 2003, Ishak Haleva, the current Hahambaşı (the Great Rabbi of Turkey), inaugurated a memorial plaque to Ülkümen in Istanbul. In 2012 a primary school was ceremoniously named after him in Van.
Selahattin Ülkümen was a Turkish diplomat who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1989, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. During World War II, he was serving as a consul-general of Turkey on the island of Rhodes, Greece, which had been invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany. Ülkümen assisted the island's Jews by personally ...
Selahattin Ülkümen (14 Ocak 1914, Antakya – 7 Haziran 2003, İstanbul), Türk diplomat. 1943'te Rodos başkonsolosluğu görevine getirilmiştir. Holokost sırasında, Rodos'tan sınır dışı edilmemeleri için adada yaşayan Yahudiler 'e Türk vatandaşlığı verip onların hayatlarını kurtarmasıyla tanınır.
- Diplomat
- 7 Haziran 2003 (89 yaşında), İstanbul, Türkiye
- Türk
Selahattin Ülkümen was the Turkish Consul General in Rhodes, 1943-1945. In July 1944, the Germans began rounding up the Jews of Rhodes. The Turkish Consul General, Selahattin Ülkümen, interceded on behalf of those Jews who were Turkish nationals. By his efforts, 42 Jewish families were set free from the deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Selahattin Ülkümen, a Turk, is the only Muslim diplomat who thus far has been designated as “Righteous among the Nations” by the Yad Vashem (the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Authority) in Jerusalem for saving, at his own risk, the lives of 42 Jews in Rhodes from the Nazis in 1944.
