Carl Lutz

Not to be confused with Karl Lutz.

Carl Lutz
Lutz in 1944
Swiss Vice-Consul to Hungary for Budapest
In office
January 1942 – 1945
Personal details
Born(1895-03-30)30 March 1895
Walzenhausen, Switzerland
Died12 February 1975(1975-02-12) (aged 79)
Bern, Switzerland
Righteous
Among the Nations
By country

Carl Lutz (30 March 1895 – 12 February 1975) was a Swiss diplomat. He served as the Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, Hungary, from 1942 until the end of World War II. He is credited with saving over 62,000 Jews during the Second World War in a very large rescue operation.[1][2]

Due to his actions, half of the Jewish population of Budapest survived and was not deported to Nazi extermination camps during the Holocaust. He was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.

  1. ^ Grunwald-Spier, Agnes; Gilbert, Martin (26 December 2010). Other Schindlers: Why Some People Chose to Save Jews in the Holocaust. History Press. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-7524-6243-1.
  2. ^ Tschuy, Theo. Dangerous Diplomacy: The Story of Carl Lutz, Rescuer of 62,000 Hungarian Jews, 2000. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-3905-3