Giorgio Perlasca

E206521

Italian businessman human rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust

Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian businessman who, posing as a Spanish diplomat in Budapest during the Holocaust, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation and death.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Giorgio Perlasca canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1826814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Giorgio Perlasca
Context triple: [Hungary in World War II, notableFigure, Giorgio Perlasca]

A. Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat renowned for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust during World War II.
B. Ignazio Marino
Ignazio Marino is an Italian surgeon and politician who served as the Mayor of Rome from 2013 to 2015.
C. Enrico Barra
Enrico Barra is an individual notable for bearing the surname Barra, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not well documented.
D. Enrico
Enrico is the given name of Enrico Fermi, the renowned Italian-American physicist who helped develop the first nuclear reactor and made foundational contributions to quantum theory and nuclear physics.
E. Karl Harrer
Karl Harrer was a German journalist and early far-right activist who helped lay the groundwork for what became the Nazi Party in post–World War I Munich.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Giorgio Perlasca
Target entity description: Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian businessman who, posing as a Spanish diplomat in Budapest during the Holocaust, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation and death.

A. Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat renowned for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust during World War II.
B. Ignazio Marino
Ignazio Marino is an Italian surgeon and politician who served as the Mayor of Rome from 2013 to 2015.
C. Enrico Barra
Enrico Barra is an individual notable for bearing the surname Barra, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not well documented.
D. Enrico
Enrico is the given name of Enrico Fermi, the renowned Italian-American physicist who helped develop the first nuclear reactor and made foundational contributions to quantum theory and nuclear physics.
E. Karl Harrer
Karl Harrer was a German journalist and early far-right activist who helped lay the groundwork for what became the Nazi Party in post–World War I Munich.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian businessman ⓘ human ⓘ rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
awardReceived	Gold Medal for Civil Valor (Italy) ⓘ linked to: Medal of Civil Valor Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary ⓘ linked to: Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
burialPlace	Padua ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-01-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1992-08-15 ⓘ
employer	Spanish legation in Budapest (self-proclaimed affiliation) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Italian ⓘ
familyName	Perlasca ⓘ
givenName	Giorgio ⓘ
hasCauseOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
honorificTitle	Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ
languageSpoken	Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
memorializedBy	Giorgio Perlasca Foundation ⓘ schools and streets named after him in Italy ⓘ
movement	Italian resistance to Nazi policies ⓘ
notableFor	posing as a Spanish diplomat in Budapest ⓘ saving thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ
occupation	businessperson ⓘ civil servant ⓘ
opposedTo	Nazi persecution of Jews ⓘ deportation of Hungarian Jews ⓘ
participatedIn	Holocaust rescue operations in Hungary ⓘ Second World War ⓘ linked to: World War II
placeOfBirth	Como ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Italy ⓘ Padua ⓘ
placeOfRescueActivity	Budapest ⓘ Hungary ⓘ
protectedAtLocation	Spanish safe houses in Budapest ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Budapest ⓘ Italy ⓘ Padua ⓘ
saved	Hungarian Jews ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
subjectOf	biographical books about his rescue activities ⓘ film "Perlasca: An Italian Hero" ⓘ
timePeriodOfRescueActivity	1944-1945 ⓘ
usedLegalProtection	Spanish protective passports ⓘ safe-conduct letters ⓘ
usedTitle	Spanish chargé d’affaires in Budapest ⓘ Spanish diplomat (impostor) ⓘ
workLocation	Budapest ⓘ Hungary ⓘ