José Castellanos Contreras
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 |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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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.