us-005578-irn98208
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: 1942-01-01
has end date: 2005-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 004310
has or had subject: 000263
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn98208
record resource extent: boxes 3
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, copies of articles and speeches, and copies of archival holdings related to the work of George Mandel-Mantello. The material was collected by Mantello and by his son, Enrico Mantello, about his wartime activities as a diplomat for the El Salvadore consulate in Geneva, Switzerland from 1942 to 1945, during which time he created false Salvadoran citizenship papers in an attempt to provide diplomatic protection for Jewish prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. Also contains a photocopy of a transcription of June 6, 1979 interview of Tadeusz Colt for the Oral History Collection of Columbia University; typed manuscript"Rise & Fall of Hungarian Jewr" by George Mandel-Mantello with handwritten notations; typewritten copy of English translation of chapter from published manuscript"Abscheu und Grauen vor dem Genocid in aller Welt-" [The abomination and horror of the genocide in whole world] by Jenö Lévai, Diplomatic Press and Living Books, Toronto, 1968
title: George Mandel-Mantello research collection