Italian businessman and rescuer
Perlasca was born in 1910 and died in 1992. Israel designated him Righteous Among the Nations in 1989.
Politics
Giorgio Perlasca
Posing as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary and saving 5,218 Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps.
Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian businessman who, with the collaboration of official diplomats, posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944. He saved 5,218 Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps in eastern Europe. Israel designated him Righteous Among the Nations in 1989. He is commemorated at Como's Monument to the European Resistance.
Worth knowing
Rescue work in Hungary
In the winter of 1944, Perlasca collaborated with official diplomats and posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary, saving 5,218 Jews from deportation.
Commemorated in Como
Giorgio Perlasca is commemorated at Como's Monument to the European Resistance.
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Former Spanish Legation
He continued the rescue network while impersonating Spain's acting diplomatic representative.
Traces in other cities
- Como
- Monument to the European Resistance — Giorgio Perlasca is commemorated at the Monumento alla Resistenza europea.
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