Perlasca Giorgio

Perlasca, Giorgio, 1910-1992
Perlasca, Giorgio
Perlasca, Jorge, 1910-1992

Identifier: 000304
Type of Entity: Person

Dates of Existence

1910

History

Businessman. Saved 5200 Jews pretending to be a Spanish consul to Budapest.

Places

Como, Italy
Padua, Italy

Sources

Lexikon des Holocaust / ed. W. Benz. - C.H. Beck, 2002. - p. 173

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"La Banalita del Bene" The story of Giorgio Perlasca
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn501464
- English
- 1996
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of a draft of an English language translation of "La Banalita del Bene: The Story of Giorgio Perlasca," originally of Enrico Deaglio and translated by Gregory Conti. The draft, consiting of 129 pages and including a transcript of part of Perlasca's diary, was later published as "The Banality of Goodness" (South Bend : University of Notre Dame Press, 1998).
Righteous Among the Nations
- EHRI Terms
- English
- Updated 6 years ago
- Broader Terms
- Rescuers
Persecution of Jews
- EHRI Terms
- English
- Updated 5 years ago
- Broader Terms
- Persecution
8 narrower keywords
Lutz Carl
- Lutz, Carl
- Lutz, Carl, 1895-1975
- Lutz, Carl Robert 1895-1975
- Lutz, Charles 1895-1975
- Lutz, Carl 1895-1975
- EHRI Personalities
- Person
- Updated 7 years ago
30/03/1985

1975

Diplomat credited with saving over 65 000 Jews. Righteous Among the Nations (1965)
Oral history interview with Avraham Ronai
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn504688
- English
- 1 videocassette (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Giorgio Perlasca
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn504674
- English
- 5 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Records relating to the investigation of Giorgio Perlasca by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503487
- English
- 1944-1990
- folders 8 , 10 microfiche,
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection consists of four folders of photocopied materials from the files of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Campaign Office. In general, the files concern Giorgio Perlasca and his work to assist and rescue Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. Among the copied materials are letters, newspaper and magazine articles, testimonies, and interviews concerning the investigation of Giorgio Perlasca conducted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Campaign Office.
Rescue of Jews
- EHRI Terms
- English
- Updated 6 years ago
- Broader Terms
- Rescue
Wallenberg Raoul
- Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947
- Wallenberg, Raoul 1912-1945
- Vallenberg, Raulʹ, 1912-1947
- Валленберг, Рауль, 1912-1947
- Wallenberg, Raoul
- ...
- EHRI Personalities
- Person
- Updated 8 years ago
05/08/1912

17/07/1947

Swedish architect, businessman and diplomat. He arrived in Hungary in July 1944 as a member of the Swedish diplomatic mission. He played a dominant role in the diplomatic protection provided for Jews. He issued thousands of protective documents and placed numerous Budapest buildings under Swedish protection during the Arrow Cross regime. Soviet authorities arrested him in January 1945 and took him to Moscow, where he died in 1947.
World War (1939-1945)
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- English
- Updated 10 years ago