Giorgio Perlasca
Giorgio Perlasca | |
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| Born | 31 January 1910 Como, Italy |
| Died | 15 August 1992 (aged 82) Padua, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, diplomat |
| Known for | Saving 5,218 Jews from deportation during the Holocaust |
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Giorgio Perlasca (31 January 1910 – 15 August 1992) was an Italian businessman. With the collaboration of official diplomats, he posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944, and saved 5,218 Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps in eastern Europe. In 1989, Perlasca was designated by Israel as a Righteous Among the Nations.