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Swiss Diplomat, Holocaust Hero

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"The Swiss Diplomat who saved thousands of Jews"

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The Swiss diplomat who saved thousands of Jews

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 Carl Lutz Was Made Jaffa Consulate of Palestine, 1935

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 Carl Lutz Was Made Jaffa Consulate of Palestine, 1935

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After being made Jaffa Consulate, the Germans had asked Switzerland to implement German politics into Palestine in which they put Lutz in charge of, in 1939.

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Germany starts to implement their anti-Semitic ways against Hungarian Jews. Lutz began to take notice of the Germans actions.

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Carl Lutz was named Vice-Consul then was transferred to take care of the allies who cut ties with Hungary after they were taken by Germany. Lutz then was able to oversee Hungary as well as what the Germans were doing to the Jews.

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1. Lutz was made Vice-Consul
2. Now that Lutz was Vice-Consul he was able to oversee 2500 German Nationals as well as their assets.
3. Since Lutz was Vice Consul, he was able to create documents that would promise the safety of the Jews.
4. These documents meant that for everyone that had one, they were considered potential immigrants of Palestine.
5. Around 50,000 of these documents where given to Jews in Budapest, the picture below shows Hungarian Jews leaving the trains .

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1. Carl Lutz had to convince, The Horthy regime, which at the time was the Hungary's Government, as well as the SS to not search the "glass house"
2. The "glass house" was where Lutz stored the Jews.
3. He convinced The Horthy regime as well as The SS by calling the house extra-territorial meaning valid outside of the county's territory.
4. This house was located in Budapest, Hungary.
5. A estimated number of 8,000 Jewish lives were saved by Lutz protecting this "glass house".

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1. Lutz and his partner, Wallenburg, forged 100,000 documents.
2. These documents labeled Jews as potential immigrants and would be protected under Switzerland.
3.  Lutz eventually got into trouble and the Germans forced them to separate the real from fake documents.
4. The Germans then created ghettos for the ones with and without documents.
5. Lutz created houses fro 3,000 Jews in these ghettos, out of 3,000 on 6 had survived.

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1. Jews were ordered to march to the Austrian border by German Officials.
2. Lutz would have no way of protecting them once the Jews got to the Austrian border.
3. Him, his wife and many others went to where the Jews were marching and would pluck them out of line and bring them back to Budapest.
4. Lutz was eventually forced to leave after the Soviets invaded.
5. Upon returning home to Switzerland,  they found no one would take them in and let them stay.

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After returning to Switzerland, Lutz was faced with the authorities who claimed that the documents he gave the Jews were abuse of power. He was brought to court and acquitted. He eventually resigned from being a Vice-Consul.

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1. A street was named after Carl Lutz in his home town of Walzenhausen, Switzerland as well as in Haifa, Israel.
2. In Budapest, 1991, a memorial for Lutz was put at the entrance of the old Jewish ghetto.
3. The US Embassy in Budapest created a park as a memorial for Lutz in order to honor him and what he did.
4. There is a travelling exhibition for Lutz that has been shown throughout Switzerland as well as Lutz hometown.
5. There is also a English version of the exhibition that has been shown at the New York Headquarters of United Nations as well as the Los Angles Holocaust Museum.