Language:
Spanish
Year of publication:
2017
Titel der Quelle:
Judaica Latinoamericana; estudios histórico-sociales
Angaben zur Quelle:
8 (2017) 307-322
Keywords:
Campo, Samuel del
;
Diplomats Biography
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rescue
;
Jewish refugees
Abstract:
Samuel del Campo was in charge of the Chilean Consulate in Bucharest in 1941-43. Since Chile also represented the Polish government-in-exile, he issued Polish passports to Polish citizens, among them many Jews resident in Romania or who had fled there since 1939. He also gave Chilean passports to hundreds of other Jews to save them from expulsion to Transnistria. Campo never told his government about these actions because he knew his superiors would not agree to his activities in favor of the Jews. When his actions were revealed to his superiors in Chile by the Swiss, who denied him a visa when he was to have been appointed as Consul General in Zürich, he was dismissed from holding any further diplomatic positions.
Note:
A Hebrew version appeared in
,
" ילקוט מורשת" 101 (תשפא) 146-162
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