Margit Slachta

Identifier
000566
Dates
1884-1974
Type of Entity
Person

History

Hungarian Catholic nun, one of the leaders of the Christian Women’s Camp and the Society of Sisters of Social Service. As a member of parliament she protested against the deportation of stateless Jews in 1941. In 1944 she accomplished significant Jewish rescue activities along with the other Social Sisters. Yad Vashem awarded her the title “Righteous among the Nations” in 1977.