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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Giorgio Perlasca canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1826814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giorgio Perlasca Context triple: [Hungary in World War II, notableFigure, Giorgio Perlasca]
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A.
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat renowned for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust during World War II.
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B.
Ignazio Marino
Ignazio Marino is an Italian surgeon and politician who served as the Mayor of Rome from 2013 to 2015.
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C.
Enrico Barra
Enrico Barra is an individual notable for bearing the surname Barra, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not well documented.
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D.
Enrico
Enrico is the given name of Enrico Fermi, the renowned Italian-American physicist who helped develop the first nuclear reactor and made foundational contributions to quantum theory and nuclear physics.
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E.
Karl Harrer
Karl Harrer was a German journalist and early far-right activist who helped lay the groundwork for what became the Nazi Party in post–World War I Munich.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giorgio Perlasca Target entity description: 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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A.
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat renowned for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust during World War II.
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B.
Ignazio Marino
Ignazio Marino is an Italian surgeon and politician who served as the Mayor of Rome from 2013 to 2015.
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C.
Enrico Barra
Enrico Barra is an individual notable for bearing the surname Barra, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not well documented.
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D.
Enrico
Enrico is the given name of Enrico Fermi, the renowned Italian-American physicist who helped develop the first nuclear reactor and made foundational contributions to quantum theory and nuclear physics.
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E.
Karl Harrer
Karl Harrer was a German journalist and early far-right activist who helped lay the groundwork for what became the Nazi Party in post–World War I Munich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Giorgio Perlasca Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.