Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

1/0/2002

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The true story of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian cattle dealer and avowed fascist who — trapped in Nazi-occupied Budapest after Italy's armistice with the Allies — nevertheless saved more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust through a combination of lies, bribery and derring-do.

Keywords

budapest, hungary holocaust (shoah)world war ii based on true story nazism unsung hero italiani brava gente