Giorgio Perlasca

E206521

Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian businessman who, posing as a Spanish diplomat in Budapest during the Holocaust, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation and death.

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Giorgio Perlasca canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian businessman
human
rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust
awardReceived Medal of Civil Valor
surface form: Gold Medal for Civil Valor (Italy)

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

Righteous Among the Nations
burialPlace Padua
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth 1910-01-31
dateOfDeath 1992-08-15
employer Spanish legation in Budapest (self-proclaimed affiliation)
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Perlasca
givenName Giorgio
hasCauseOfDeath natural causes
honorificTitle Righteous Among the Nations
languageSpoken Italian
Spanish
memorializedBy Giorgio Perlasca Foundation
schools and streets named after him in Italy
movement Italian resistance to Nazi policies
notableFor posing as a Spanish diplomat in Budapest
saving thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust
occupation businessperson
civil servant
opposedTo Nazi persecution of Jews
deportation of Hungarian Jews
participatedIn Holocaust rescue operations in Hungary
World War II
surface form: Second World War
placeOfBirth Como
Kingdom of Italy
placeOfDeath Italy
Padua
placeOfRescueActivity Budapest
Hungary
protectedAtLocation Spanish safe houses in Budapest
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Budapest
Italy
Padua
saved Hungarian Jews
sexOrGender male
subjectOf biographical books about his rescue activities
film "Perlasca: An Italian Hero"
timePeriodOfRescueActivity 1944-1945
usedLegalProtection Spanish protective passports
safe-conduct letters
usedTitle Spanish chargé d’affaires in Budapest
Spanish diplomat (impostor)
workLocation Budapest
Hungary

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Hungary in World War II notableFigure Giorgio Perlasca
Holocaust in Hungary resistedBy Giorgio Perlasca
Roberto Benigni portrayed Giorgio Perlasca