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