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Carl Lutz was a Swiss diplomat who served in the Swiss Legation in Budapest, Hungary, between 1942 and 1945. There, he issued tens of thousands of Swiss protective papers to Hungarian Jews in danger from the Nazis and their collaborators. Because of his efforts, Lutz is recognized as organizing the largest civilian rescue mission of the entire Holocaust.
Sadly, his story has mostly been lost to history. Before his heroic rescue efforts began, Lutz lived in the United States, including nearly a decade in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
About the Presenter:
Amy Lutz is the Director of Marketing & Communications for the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum.
She holds a master's degree in history from the University of Missouri, St. Louis and a bachelor's degree in history from Saint Louis University.
Amy's expertise is in media literacy, online misinformation and conspiracy theories, Amelia Earhart, and the Holocaust rescuer, Carl Lutz. Her graduate thesis, Amelia Earhart: Myth and Memory, was published in 2020.
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