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Carl Lutz

1895 - 1975

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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 possibly the largest rescue operation of the Holocaust. Due to his actions, half of the Jewish population of Budapest survived and were not deported to Nazi extermination camps during the Holocaust. He was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Lutz is the 9,195th most popular politician (up from 10,370th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 288th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carl Lutz ranks 9,195 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohamed Bazoum, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Alfred Józef Potocki, Sobekhotep VI, Andregoto Galíndez, and Spurius Cassius Viscellinus. After him are Thorbjørn Jagland, Ismail Khan, Radosław Sikorski, Dalia Itzik, Orlando Letelier, and Meresankh III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Carl Lutz ranks 114. Before him are Kirsten Flagstad, Martin Luther, Alexander Orlov, Matthew Ridgway, Rolf Nevanlinna, and Paul Giesler. After him are Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Jacques Brugnon, Liaquat Ali Khan, Ernesto Lecuona, Iona Nikitchenko, and Ernst Kantorowicz. Among people deceased in 1975, Carl Lutz ranks 89. Before him are Lennart Skoglund, Virginio Rosetta, William A. Wellman, Franz Six, Sisowath Sirik Matak, and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. After him are Barbara Hepworth, Walker Evans, Achille Van Acker, Boris Blacher, Alvin Hansen, and Richard Conte.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Carl Lutz ranks 255 out of 1,015. Before him are Rudolf Wolf (1816), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Didier Burkhalter (1960), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Alfred Escher (1819), and Heinrich Glarean (1488). After him are Lucien Favre (1957), Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), Heinz Holliger (1939), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), and Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Carl Lutz ranks 37. Before him are Leonardo Conti (1900), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Ubol Ratana (1951), Didier Burkhalter (1960), and Alfred Escher (1819). After him are Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Moritz Leuenberger (1946), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), and Doris Leuthard (1963).

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