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Smallbones, Robert Townsend

Date of birth:
March 19th, 1884 (Vienna, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
May 29th, 1976 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Consul General in Frankfurt
Awarded on:
April 15th, 2013
Smallbones went far beyond the call of duty to ensure that Jewish families were given visas in order to save their lives, gave refuge to hundreds in his home and visited Concentration Camps to demand the release of interned Jews.

Posthumously awarded
British Hero of the Holocaust

Sources

  • - Smith, L., Heroes of the Holocaust: Ordinary Britons who risked their lives to make a difference (2020)

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