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El Salvador is seeking a prestigious Israeli award for its late consul Jose Arturo Castellanos for saving thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in World War II

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Posted on: June 12th, 2008
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““We seek recognition for colonel Castellanos so he can receive the ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ title,” from Israel, Foreign Ministry Historical Investigation Committee coordinator Ricardo Moran told reporters after presenting a on his life.

Castellanos, who served in Geneva as consul for from 1942 to 1945, and his first secretary, George Mandel Mantello, issued Salvadoran papers to thousands of Jews, mostly from Hungary, so they could avoid being sent to Nazi death camps.”*

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