José Castellanos Contreras
Salvadoran diplomat, rescued Jews during Holocaust / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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José Arturo Castellanos Contreras (23 December 1893 — 18 June 1977) was a Salvadoran Army colonel and diplomat who, while working as El Salvador's Consul General for Geneva during World War II, and in conjunction with Jewish-Romanian businessman György Mandl, helped save up to 40,000 Central European Jews, most of them from Hungary, from Nazi persecution by providing them with fake Salvadoran citizenship certificates.[1]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castellanos and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.
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Colonel José Castellanos Contreras | |
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Born | 23 December 1893 San Vicente, El Salvador |
Died | 18 June 1977(1977-06-18) (aged 83) San Salvador, El Salvador |
Allegiance | El Salvador |
Service/ | Salvadoran Army |
Years of service | 1910–1936 |
Rank | Colonel |
Alma mater | Escuela Politécnica Militar |
Spouse(s) | Maria Schürmann |
Children | 3 |
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