Rotta Angelo

Rotta, Angelo, 1872-1965
Rotta, Angelo

Identifier: 000340
Type of Entity: Person

Dates of Existence

09/08/1872

01/02/1965

History

Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest at the end of World War II. Saved many Bulgarian and Hungarian Jews through his diplomatic activity. Righteous Among the Nations’ 1997.

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Righteous Among the Nations
- EHRI Terms
- English
- Updated 6 years ago
- Broader Terms
- Rescuers
Le nonce à Budapest Rotta au cardinal Maglione
1. Segreteria di Stato
2. Archivio della Congregazione degli Affari Ecclesiastici Straordinari
- The Nuncio in Budapest Rotta to Cardinal Maglione
- Archivio Segreto Vaticano
- A.E.S. 1890/39, Rap. nr. 2178/39
- English
- 1939
- Updated 6 years ago
Rotta informs Maglione that a commission was created in order to propose amendements to the anti-Jewish project of law proposed by the Hungarian government. The cardinal primate of Hungary Seredi and the bishop of Csanad Glattfelder are members of the commission.
Le nonce à Budapest Rotta au cardinal Maglione
1. Segreteria di Stato
2. Archivio della Congregazione degli Affari Ecclesiastici Straordinari
- The Nuncio in Budapest Rotta to Cardinal Maglione
- Archivio Segreto Vaticano
- A.E.S. 1631/39, Rap. nr. 2159/39
- English
- 1939
- Updated 6 years ago
Rotta writes to Maglione in order to suggest that the Holy See should not interfere with Hungarian authorities about a future racial law in that country, since the Roman-Catholic primate of Hungary himself is going to deal with it.
Le nonce à Budapest Rotta au cardinal Maglione
1. Segreteria di Stato
2. Archivio della Congregazione degli Affari Ecclesiastici Straordinari
- The Nuncio in Budapest Rotta to Cardinal Maglione
- Archivio Segreto Vaticano
- A.E.S. 2481/39, Rap. nr. 2264/39
- English
- 1939
- Updated 6 years ago
Rotta informs Maglione that the Upper House of the Hungarian Parliament found an agreement on the anti-Jewish project of law, and approved discussed amendment. Also, Rotta says that the Lower House should approve the same text on the 3rd of May, and that the Parliament should be dissolved on the 4th of May.
Le nonce à Budapest Rotta au cardinal Maglione
1. Segreteria di Stato
2. Archivio della Congregazione degli Affari Ecclesiastici Straordinari
- The Nuncio in Budapest Rotta to Cardinal Maglione
- Archivio Segreto Vaticano
- A.E.S. 2151/39, Rap. nr. 2223/39
- English
- 1939
- Updated 6 years ago
Rotta informs Maglione that the Upper House of the Hungarian Parliament discussed the anti-Jewish project of law. Cardinal Primate Serédi and bishop Glattfelder took part into the discussions and spoke in favour of the Jews.
Letter of protection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn555363
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains a letter of protection issued to Dr. Farago Gyorgi, signed by the Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest, Monsignor Angelo Rotta, dated November 15, 1944.
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 Elizabeth Fuchs
1. Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn508629
- English
- 1 sound cassette (60 min.),
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Tibor Baranski
1. Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn508677
- English
- 5 sound cassettes (60 min.),
- Updated 1 year ago
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)
- FAST Subjects
- English
- Updated 10 years ago