What was Giorgio Perlasca's role during the Holocaust?

Perlasca acted as a self-appointed Spanish diplomat in Hungary, where he issued protective documents and organized rescue operations to save Jewish individuals from persecution.

How many people did Giorgio Perlasca save?

He is credited with saving 5,218 Jews from the Holocaust through his diplomatic efforts and direct interventions.

What recognition did Giorgio Perlasca receive for his actions?

Perlasca was honored with the Righteous Among the Nations award by Israel, the Raoul Wallenberg Award, and other accolades for his humanitarian work.

Was Giorgio Perlasca affiliated with any military or political groups?

He was associated with the Corpo Truppe Volontarie during the Spanish Civil War but later acted independently in his rescue efforts.

Giorgio Perlasca

Italian self-appointed Spanish diplomat in Hungary who saved 5218 Jews from the Holocaust (1910-1992)

Person Human Q162651

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[24]
Date of birth: January 31, 1910
Date of death: August 15, 1992
Place of birth: Como
Place of death: Padua
Country of citizenship: Italy, Kingdom of Italy^[9]^[10]
Occupation: civil servant, philanthropist, economist, businessperson
Position held: ambassador of Spain to Hungary^[11]
Award received: Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Raoul Wallenberg Award, Righteous Among the Nations, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Award for Civil Valor, Gold medal for civil merit, Medaille für die Freiwilligen des Feldzuges in Spanien (Italien), commemorative medal of the military operation in East Africa, Verdienstmedaille für die Freiwilligen des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, Verdienstmedaille für die Freiwilligen des Italienisch-Äthiopischen Krieges 1935–1936, Hungarian Order of Merit^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[25]
Work location: Budapest^[29]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian^[31]
Family name: Perlasca^[27]
Given name: Giorgio^[28]
Manner of death: natural causes^[30]
Member of: Corpo Truppe Volontarie^[23]
Name in native language: Giorgio Perlasca^[32]
Participated in conflict: Spanish Civil War^[26]
Writing language: Italian^[33]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 42

ISNI: 0000000066544474
VIAF cluster ID: 44467544
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n90647597
GND ID: 119126338
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Giorgio Perlasca szobra.jpg ↗
ANPI person ID: giorgio-perlasca
ANPI person numeric ID: 1263
BIBSYS ID: 3063865
Biblioteca Franco Serantini ID: 27777
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13577204h
CANTIC ID: 981058620336106706
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11710623

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CoBiS author ID: 95a5yja38danyja595b5yc1m6rw3ecr
DDB person (GND) ID: 119126338
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119126338
FAST ID: 269559
Freebase ID: /m/04brtx
Geni profile ID: 6000000015969800318
IMDb ID: nm1979171
IdRef ID: 086048503
J9U entity ID: 987007266293105171
JRC Names ID: 342609
Jewish Virtual Library ID: giorgio-perlasca
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: 119126338
NE.se ID: giorgio-perlasca
NL CR AUT ID: xx0006451
National Library of Brazil ID: 001420228
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000104691
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1320948
Obálky knih ID: xx0006451
Open Library ID: OL253225A
Quirinale ID: 482
Righteous Among The Nations ID: 4016851
SBN author ID: IEIV046873
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 551909
SNAC ARK ID: w69z9zxc
Treccani ID: giorgio-perlasca
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID: giorgio-perlasca
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058620336106706
WikiTree person ID: Perlasca-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJh8MKDvVB4wXmKHQyxkXd
Yale LUX ID: person/0f0be1ad-a260-40ab-924a-e7478409bb5f

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🔗 Connections

Award received 6

Righteous Among the Nations, Order of Isabella the Catholic‎, Hungarian Order of Merit, commemorative medal of the military operation in East Africa, Award for Civil Valor, Raoul Wallenberg Award

Occupation 3

economist, civil servant, philanthropist

Country of citizenship 2

Italy, Kingdom of Italy

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Given name 1

Giorgio

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Italian

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

Corpo Truppe Volontarie

Participated in conflict 1

Spanish Civil War

Place of birth 1

Como

Place of death 1

Padua

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

Italian

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Summary

Giorgio Perlasca was born on January 31, 1910^[1], in Como^[2]. He died on August 15, 1992^[3], in Padua^[4]. He worked as a civil servant^[5], philanthropist^[6], economist^[7], and businessperson^[8].

FAQs

Where was Giorgio Perlasca born?

Giorgio Perlasca was born in Como^[2].

Where did Giorgio Perlasca die?

Giorgio Perlasca died in Padua^[4].

What did Giorgio Perlasca do for work?

Giorgio Perlasca worked as a civil servant^[5], philanthropist^[6], economist^[7], and businessperson^[8].

What awards did Giorgio Perlasca receive?

Honors received include Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic^[12], Raoul Wallenberg Award^[13], Righteous Among the Nations^[14], and Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic^[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — place of birth (P19): Como. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — place of death (P20): Padua. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — country of citizenship (P27): Italy. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Italy. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — position held (P39): ambassador of Spain to Hungary. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — occupation (P106): civil servant. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — occupation (P106): philanthropist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — occupation (P106): economist. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — occupation (P106): businessperson. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Raoul Wallenberg Award. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Righteous Among the Nations. The Righteous Among the Nations Database. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Award for Civil Valor. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Gold medal for civil merit. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Medaille für die Freiwilligen des Feldzuges in Spanien (Italien). wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): commemorative medal of the military operation in East Africa. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Verdienstmedaille für die Freiwilligen des spanischen Bürgerkrieges. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Verdienstmedaille für die Freiwilligen des Italienisch-Äthiopischen Krieges 1935–1936. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — award received (P166): Hungarian Order of Merit. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — member of (P463): Corpo Truppe Volontarie. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — date of birth (P569): January 31, 1910. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — date of death (P570): August 15, 1992. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — participated in conflict (P607): Spanish Civil War. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — family name (P734): Perlasca. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — given name (P735): Giorgio. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — work location (P937): Budapest. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Italian. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — name in native language (P1559): Giorgio Perlasca. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Giorgio Perlasca — writing language (P6886): Italian. wikidata.org.

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