Official paper issued by the Department of Foreign Interests in the Swiss Embassy in Budapest, granted to Jeno Schuk and confirming he holds a valid Swiss passport. Stamped "Legation de Suisse, Budapest" [Swiss Delegation, Budapest]. Budapest, October 1944. German and Hungarian.
Following the occupation of Hungary by the Nazis in 1944, the head of the Department Representing Foreign Interests of the Swiss Delegation in Budapest, Carl Lutz, began to act energetically to rescue the Jews of Budapest. Among other things, he issued Swiss "writs of protection" to Jews holding certificates. After negotiations with high-level Nazi bureaucrats, and with the agreement of the Hungarian authorities, he issued about 8,000 writs of protection - one for each holder of an immigration certificate. Later he applied the writs of protection to the entire family of the certificate holder, thereby allowing about 30,000 Jews to be included in the category of those enjoying the writs of protection. In addition, thousands of writs were forged on paper stolen from the S.S. office. In 1964 Lutz was one of the first to receive the title of "Righteous Among the Nations" from Yad Vashem.
[1] leaf, 29 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains and slight defects. Pen marking.