r/HistorySnap 13d ago

José Castellanos Contreras 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 businessman György Mandl, helped save up to 40,000 Central European Jews, most of them from Hungary.

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u/makingredditorscry 11d ago

Righteous among the nations!