Paul Grüninger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss Righteous Among the Ntions
Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1891
Place of Birth: St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Date of Death: 22-Feb-1972
Profession: police officer, association football player
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Paul Grüninger
- Paul Grüninger (27 October 1891 - 22 February 1972) was a Swiss police commander in St.
- Gallen.
- He was recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial foundation in 1971.
- Following the Austrian Anschluss, Grüninger saved about 3,600 Jewish refugees by backdating their visas and falsifying other documents to indicate that they had entered Switzerland at a time when legal entry of refugees was still possible.
- He was dismissed from the police force, convicted of official misconduct, and fined 300 Swiss francs.
- He received no pension and died in poverty in 1972.
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