Perlasca

E751755

Perlasca is the surname of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian businessman who heroically saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust by posing as a Spanish diplomat.

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Giorgio Perlasca 0

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
burialPlace Padua NERFINISHED
claimedNationality Spanish
commemoratedBy memorials in Hungary
memorials in Italy
streets named after him in various cities
countryOfBirth Italy
countryOfCitizenship Italy
countryOfDeath Italy
dateOfBirth 1910-01-31
dateOfDeath 1992-08-15
employer Italian meat import-export company
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Perlasca NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Giorgio NERFINISHED
hasHeritageOrganization Giorgio Perlasca Foundation NERFINISHED
honor Gold Medal for Civil Valor (Italy) NERFINISHED
Honorary citizen of Israel
Medal of the Righteous (Israel) NERFINISHED
Righteous Among the Nations NERFINISHED
ideology anti-fascism
languageSpoken Hungarian
Italian
Spanish
notableFor posing as a Spanish diplomat in Budapest
saving thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust
occupation businessman
rescuer of Jews
participatedIn Holocaust rescue of Hungarian Jews NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Como NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Padua NERFINISHED
protectedGroup Hungarian Jews NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
rescueLocation Budapest ghetto NERFINISHED
residence Budapest NERFINISHED
Padua NERFINISHED
subjectOf book "The Banality of Goodness: The Story of Giorgio Perlasca" NERFINISHED
film "Perlasca: An Italian Hero" NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfActivity 1944-1945
usedAlias Jorge Perlasca NERFINISHED
usedDocumentType Spanish protective passports
workedAt Spanish embassy in Budapest (de facto) NERFINISHED

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Giorgio Perlasca familyName Perlasca