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Ukrainian. v. t. e. Eduardo Propper de Callejón (9 April 1895 – 11 January 1972) was a Spanish diplomat who is remembered mainly for having facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from Occupied France during World War II between 1940 and 1944. He was the father-in-law of the British banker Raymond Bonham Carter and the maternal ...
Propper retired in 1965, and passed away in 1972. On 6 August 2007 Yad Vashem recognized Eduardo Propper de Callejon as Righteous Among the Nations. The ceremony in his honor was held at Yad Vashem on 12 March 2008, and the awards were presented to his son and daughter who came to Jerusalem for the occasion.
Eduardo Propper de Callejón. Eduardo Propper de Callejón ( Madrid, 9 de abril de 1895 - Londres, 11 de enero de 1972) fue un diplomático español de alto rango, recordado principalmente por haber facilitado la huida de miles de judíos de la Francia ocupada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial entre 1940 y 1944, y reconocido como Justo entre ...
Apr 2, 2021 · Her maternal grandfather, Eduardo Propper de Callejón, a Spanish diplomat whose father was Jewish, was recognized by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem as a Righteous Among the Nations and received a posthumous Courage to Care award from the Anti-Defamation League. He defied his government’s orders by issuing transit visas that helped thousands of French Jews escape Nazi-occupied France.
Mar 12, 2008 · 12 March 2008. On March 12th, 2008, Yad Vashem held a ceremony in which the title of “Righteous Among the Nations” was awarded to the late Eduardo Propper de Callejon of Spain. The medal and certificate of honor were presented by Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, and accepted on Propper’s behalf by his children, Felipe ...
Nov 20, 2019 · Her maternal grandfather Eduardo Propper de Callejon was a Spanish diplomat who defied his government’s orders and helped Jews escape the Holocaust during the Nazi invasion of France. She also learned that her English paternal grandmother Lady Violet Bonham Carter, a mother-of-four and liberal politician, also fought anti-Semitism as a volunteer air raid warden.
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Jun 27, 2016 · She certainly had the family legacy: Her grandfather was Eduardo Propper de Callejon, the Spanish diplomat responsible for saving the lives of thousands of Jews fleeing Nazis.
