The man who stopped the trains to Auschwitz
Subtitle: George Mantello, El Salvador, and Switzerland's finest hour
By: David Kranzler.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Mantello, George.; Diplomats -- El Salvador; El Salvador -- Ethnic relations.; Jews -- El Salvador; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Hungary.; Switzerland -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Kranzler documents the efforts of George Mantello, a Salvadoran diplomat posted to Switzerland, to save the Jews of Budapest from deportation to Auschwitz. He sparked public protest throughout Switzerland and the world that saved more than 140,000 people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.

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