José Castellanos Contreras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

José Castellanos Contreras

Salvadoran diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1893

Place of Birth: El Salvador

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1977

Profession: diplomat, human rights activist

Nationality: El Salvador

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About José Castellanos Contreras

  • José Arturo Castellanos Contreras (San Vicente, El Salvador, December 23, 1893 — San Salvador, June 18, 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 a Jewish-Hungarian businessman named György Mandl, helped save up to 40,000 Jews and Central Europeans from Nazi persecution by providing them with Political Asylum (Salvadoran nationality).

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