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Giorgio Perlasca
Sign in to saveItalian self-appointed Spanish diplomat in Hungary who saved 5218 Jews from the Holocaust (1910-1992)
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Giorgio Perlasca was born on 31 January 1910 in Como, and held citizenship of Italy and the Kingdom of Italy. He worked as a civil servant, philanthropist, economist and businessperson, and was a member of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie, taking part in the Spanish Civil War.
He received the Raoul Wallenberg Award, the Righteous Among the Nations award, the Award for Civil Valor, and a commemorative medal of the military operation in East Africa. He died on 15 August 1992 in Padua, of myocardial infarction.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1910-01-31 ) 31 January 1910, Como , Italy
- Died
- 15 August 1992 (1992-08-15) (aged 82), Padua , Italy
- Occupations
- Businessman, diplomat
- Known for
- Saving 5,218 Jews from deportation during the Holocaust
- Awards
- Righteous Among the Nations (1989) Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1991)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giorgio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Como
- Place of death
- Padua
- Occupation
- economist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Conflict
- Spanish Civil War
- Image
- Giorgio Perlasca szobra.jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Commons category
- Giorgio Perlasca
- date of birth
- 1910-01-31
- date of death
- 1992-08-15
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Corpo Truppe Volontarie
- writing language
- Italian
- name in native language
- Giorgio Perlasca
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Encyclopedic overview
Giorgio Perlasca (31 January 1910 – 15 August 1992) was an Italian businessman. With the collaboration of official diplomats, he posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944, and saved 5,218 Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps in eastern Europe. In 1989, Perlasca was designated by Israel as a Righteous Among the Nations.
Early life
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