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Ángel Sanz Briz

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Spanish diplomat (1910-1980)

SpainPoliticiansLived 1910 to 1980 · aged 69
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Ángel Sanz-Briz was a Spanish diplomat and humanitarian. Sanz-Briz is credited with saving more than 5,200 Jews in German-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust in the later stages of World War II.

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Memorial in Zaragoza, SpainMemorial in Zaragoza, SpainÁngel Sanz Briz memorial in Madrid. In this house lived the ambassador of Spain, Ángel Sanz Briz, who saved thousands of human beings from the Holocaust in Budapest in 1944.Ángel Sanz Briz memorial in Madrid. In this house lived the ambassador of Spain, Ángel Sanz Briz, who saved thousands of human beings from the Holocaust in Budapest in 1944.

Awards 11

1994Hungarian Order of Merit
1980Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
1977Dearest Son of Zaragoza City
1967Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎
1966Righteous Among the Nations
1961Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of the Quetzal
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Connected to Ángel 6

Salma ParallueloAlso won Dearest Son of Zaragoza CityFelipe GonzálezAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the QuetzalLouis MichelAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold IIKoča PopovićAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-NassauMax SimonAlso won Hungarian Order of MeritRenato RuggieroAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

About this person

Country
Spain
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1980 · aged 69
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18 languages

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