José Castellanos Contreras
José Arturo Castellanos Contreras (23 December 1893 — 18 June 1977) was a Salvadoran Army colonel and diplomat who, while working as El Salvador's Consul General for Geneva during World War II, and in conjunction with Jewish-Romanian businessman György Mandl, helped save up to 40,000 Central European Jews, most of them from Hungary, from Nazi persecution by providing them with fake Salvadoran citizenship certificates.
Colonel José Castellanos Contreras | |
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| Born | 23 December 1893 San Vicente, El Salvador |
| Died | 18 June 1977 (aged 83) San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Allegiance | El Salvador |
| Service/ | Salvadoran Army |
| Years of service | 1910–1936 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Alma mater | Escuela Politécnica Militar |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Schürmann |
| Children | 3 |
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