Gabor Sztehlo

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Bibliography Sztehlo, Gábor (1994). In the Hands of God. Gabor Sztehlo Foundation. ISBN 978-9630441483.

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Gabor

Gábor Sztehlo (1909–1974) was a Lutheran Pastor in Budapest who saved Jewish children from persecution by the Nazis and the fascist Hungarian Arrow Cross Party during World War II. Sztehlo was born November 25, 1909, in Budapest and studied theology in Sopron. Starting in 1932 he served as a chaplain in Budapest, then later in Hatvan and Nagytarcsa. In 1937 he founded the first Hungarian adult education center in Nagytarcsa, the beginnings of the Folk College System, inspired by his experiences in Finland. He later returned to Budapest prior to the German invasion of Hungary in 1944. Jozsef Èliás led the Good Shepherd Committee, which was founded in October 1942 by converted Jews. This organization provided food and clothing for Jews conscripted into forced labor. Bishop Sándor Raffay appointed Gábor to represent the Lutheran Church in the committee, which he later led after Èliás was forced to go into hiding. Working with the International Red Cross and the Lutheran Church, the Committee helped find homes for Jewish children and provided papers stating that they had converted to Christianity, setting up 32 children's hospices across Budapest. It is estimated that between 1,540 and 2,000 children and 400 adults were saved from…Citește mai mult