Perlasca

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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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Perlasca canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
burialPlace Padua
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
gender male
givenName Giorgio
hasHeritageOrganization Giorgio Perlasca Foundation
honor Gold Medal for Civil Valor (Italy)
Honorary citizen of Israel
Medal of the Righteous (Israel)
Righteous Among the Nations
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
placeOfBirth Como
placeOfDeath Padua
protectedGroup Hungarian Jews
religion Roman Catholicism
rescueLocation Budapest ghetto
linked to: Budapest ghettos
residence Budapest
Padua
subjectOf book "The Banality of Goodness: The Story of Giorgio Perlasca"
film "Perlasca: An Italian Hero"
timePeriodOfActivity 1944-1945
usedAlias Jorge Perlasca
usedDocumentType Spanish protective passports
workedAt Spanish embassy in Budapest (de facto)

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Giorgio Perlasca familyName Perlasca
Giorgio Perlasca familyName Perlasca
subject linked to: Perlasca