Angelo Rotta
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Angelo Rotta (1872 - 1965), originally from Milan, Italy, was the Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest at the end of WWII.
During his previous diplomatic activity in Bulgaria, he already saved many Bulgarian Jews by issuing them baptismal certificated and safe conducts for the trip to Palestine.
In 1944 - 1945 he contributed greatly to the saving action of the Neutral Powers (Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Vatican) and the International Red Cross Committee in Budapest (initiated by Carl Lutz, and led, among others, by Giorgio Perlasca, Friedrich Born, Raoul Wallenberg, Angel Sanz Briz), issuing at least 15.000 protection letters to Hungarian Jews and providing them with baptismal certificates. As the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, he vehemently protested several times to the Hungarian Governments against the Jewish Deportations.
He retired from diplomacy in 1957 and was recongized as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem.
