Carl Lutz: The Forgotten Holocaust Rescuer

Amy Lutz, Director of Marketing & Communications for the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, shares the little-known story of Carl Lutz, one of the Righteous Among the Nations. Carl Lutz was a Swiss diplomat who served in the Swiss Legation in Budapest, Hungary between 1942-1945. 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.