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Eduardo Propper de Callejón (9 April 1895 – 11 January 1972) was a Spanish diplomat who is remembered mainly for having facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from Occupied France during World War II between 1940 and 1944.
Eduardo Propper de Callejon began his service in the Spanish Foreign Ministry at the end of World War I. He served in Brussels and Vienna, where he met his future wife Helene Roberte Fould-Springer. As a loyal monarchist, he refused to declare his allegiance to the republic, and left the foreign service, to return at the end of the Civil War
Eduardo Propper de Callejón (Madrid, 9 de abril de 1895 - Londres, 11 de enero de 1972) fue un diplomático español de alto rango, recordado principalmente por haber facilitado la huida de miles de judíos de la Francia ocupada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial entre 1940 y 1944, y reconocido como Justo entre las Naciones.
Mar 12, 2008 · On March 12th, 2008, Yad Vashem held a ceremony in which the title of “Righteous Among the Nations” was awarded to the late Eduardo Propper de Callejon of Spain. The medal and certificate of honor were presented by Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, and accepted on Propper’s behalf by his children, Felipe ...
Apr 2, 2021 · Eduardo Propper de Callejón, a Spanish diplomat and a Righteous Among the Nations, issued visas that helped thousands of French Jews escape Nazi-occupied France. His granddaughter Helena Bonham Carter explores his legacy in the documentary series My Grandparents’ War.
Apr 27, 2022 · Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972) was a Spanish diplomat who is mainly remembered for having facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from occupied France during World War II between 1940 and 1944.
Mar 12, 2023 · pective nations, Eduardo Propper de Callejón of the Spanish embassy was one of the very few who chose to stay. As the son of a Czechoslovakian Jewish father – and as the husband of a Franco-Austrian Jewish wife – Eduardo was deeply disturbed by the violent persecution of Jews in Hitler’s Reich.
