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Carl Lutz Accomplishments

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"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles"- Christopher Reeve. Carl Lutz has stood out to a hero in Cristopher's definition because he himself had many obstacles such as the Germans and his own government that stood as a threat while he was saving the lives of innocent Jews. Carl Lutz has inspired many through his courage to stand against his own government and go behind their back to rescue thousands of people who he didn’t know. Charles Lutz was born on March 30, 1895, in Walzenhausen Switzerland. As he became older, he moved to Budapest to serve as Switzerland's vice-consul in 1942. A couple years later, Germans occupied Hungary and were deporting Jews to concentration
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