Giorgio Perlasca, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giorgio Perlasca

Italian self-appointed Spanish diplomat in Hungary who saved 5218 Jews from the Holocaust

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1910

Place of Birth: Como, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1992

Profession: economist, civil servant, philanthropist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Giorgio Perlasca (Como 31 January 1910 – Padua 15 August 1992) was an Italian businessman and former fascist who, with the collaboration of official diplomats, posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944, and saved 5,218 Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps in eastern Europe.