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Ángel Sanz Briz
Ángel Sanz-Briz (28 September 1910 – 11 June 1980) was a Spanish diplomat and humanitarian. Sanz - Briz is credited with saving more than 5,200 Jews in German-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust in the later stages of World War II. For his actions, Sanz-Briz has been referred to as "the Angel of Budapest" and the "Spanish Schindler". Early life Sanz-Briz was born on 28 September 1910 in Zaragoza, the youngest of four sons and one daughter of Felipe Sanz, a merchant, and Pilar Briz. He attended the Colegio Escuelas Pías in Zaragoza, then earned a degree in law at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1942, he married Adela Quijano y Secades, with whom he had five children. Diplomatic career Sanz Briz began his diplomatic career with the Spanish Foreign Ministry in 1933. His first diplomatic posting was to Cairo, Egypt. At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, Sanz volunteered for the Nationalists in opposition to the socialist government of Francisco Largo Cabal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zaragoza
Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego (river), Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin. On 1 January 2021, the population of the municipality of Zaragoza was 675,301, (as of 2023, the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, fourth or fifth most populous in Spain) on a land area of . It is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 26th most populous municipality in the European Union. The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipalities of Spain, municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of about height above mean sea level, above sea level. Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
