Carl Lutz Memorial Budapest

This memorial at one of the entrances to Budapest's former Jewish Ghetto was created by sculptor Tamás Szabó and unveiled in 1991. It consists of two life-size bronze figures and commemorates Swiss vice-consul Carl Lutz who saved tens of thousands of Jews in 1944 by providing them with emigration papers or housing where they were safe.

The text at the memorial which is affixed in Hungarian and English reads:

“WHO EVER SAVES A LIFE IS CONSIDERED
AS IF HE HAS SAVED AN ENTIRE WORLD”
/TALMUD/.

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO IN 1944
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SWISS CONSUL
CARL LUTZ/1895-1975/ RESCUED THOUSANDS
FROM NATIONAL SOCIALIST PERSECUTION.”

SWISS CARL LUTZ COMMITTEE
CITY COUNCIL VAN BUDAPEST
1991

After World War II, Lutz's exploits largely fell into oblivion. In 1965, however, Yad Vashem recognised him as Righteous Among the Nations and his story became better known.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Ferdinand Bovenschen
• - https://cja.huji.ac.il/hmm/browser.php?mode=set&id=31057