Charles, or Carl as he was called, Lutz was born in 1895, in Walzenhausen, Switzerland. He was ,as Nathalie Bodenmüller, historian who studied Lutz’s life for many years, said “A sensitive person with many interests”.There, he lived up until eighteen, before he immigrated to the US. There he worked for many years, in many cities, including Saint Louis, and Philadelphia. After working his way up there for seven years, he got a job as an employee at the Swiss embassy in Washington DC. This is where Lutz got his foot-in-the-door for international politics. This job would lead him across the world to Britain, at the Swiss embassy there, and across the world once again to Budapest, where he was the head of the Protecting Power Division. Here, is
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There were numerous anti Semitic laws passed that restricted and oppressed the Jewish people, including the labeling of Jewish peoples passports with a capital J, similar to the Nazi party. But, in May of 1944, when Germany occupied Hungary, and the Nazi party took over it became incredibly worse. The Jewish people were being deported from their houses to Germany, to be put in concentration camps, and Lutz felt like something had to be done. In an attempt to save the lives of these people, Lutz negotiated with the government to send out letters of immigration to Palestine. The government gave him a compromise, that allowed his Division to send out eight thousand of these letters to the eight thousand Jewish …show more content…
These buildings were placed all over Budapest, such as the Szabadság (Liberty) Square in the very center of Budapest. Also, with help from Raoul Wallenberg (another hero who saved thousands of lives in the holocaust) was able to obtain individual passports to Palestine. But, to use these, he needed information on each person, so he commissioned fifty Jewish citizens to go around in their communities and get the information needed. They came back with personal information and photos of over one thousand Jewish people, and later they were immigrated to
There were numerous anti Semitic laws passed that restricted and oppressed the Jewish people, including the labeling of Jewish peoples passports with a capital J, similar to the Nazi party. But, in May of 1944, when Germany occupied Hungary, and the Nazi party took over it became incredibly worse. The Jewish people were being deported from their houses to Germany, to be put in concentration camps, and Lutz felt like something had to be done. In an attempt to save the lives of these people, Lutz negotiated with the government to send out letters of immigration to Palestine. The government gave him a compromise, that allowed his Division to send out eight thousand of these letters to the eight thousand Jewish …show more content…
These buildings were placed all over Budapest, such as the Szabadság (Liberty) Square in the very center of Budapest. Also, with help from Raoul Wallenberg (another hero who saved thousands of lives in the holocaust) was able to obtain individual passports to Palestine. But, to use these, he needed information on each person, so he commissioned fifty Jewish citizens to go around in their communities and get the information needed. They came back with personal information and photos of over one thousand Jewish people, and later they were immigrated to