Archive for Contemporary History ETH Zürich / Agnes Hirschi
Carl Lutz Society
Archive for Contemporary History ETH Zürich / Agnes Hirschi
Bern, 2025
The Carl Lutz Society exhibit will be held in the Wandelhalle of the Federal Palace on March 21, 2025, to mark the 50th anniversary of Carl Lutz’s death.
Saint Louis, 2024
The Carl Lutz Society has bequeathed original archives relating to the American period of Carl and Gertrud Lutz to the St Louis Kaplan Holocaust Museum (USA). These documents were the subject of an exhibition.
The opening was organized in partnership with the Consulate General of Switzerland in Chicago and the Embassy of Switzerland in the USA.
Warsaw, 2023
The Carl Lutz Society took part in a conference in the Polish capital entitled “The Choice to Rescue, Diplomats and the Holocaust”.
This was followed by an exhibition in the city center.
Budapest, 2022
As part of the Budapest Jewish Festival program, our exhibition is presented exceptionally along the moving Shoes Memorial, on the banks of the Danube, next to the Hungarian Parliament.
The exhibition of the Carl Lutz Society was opened in partnership with the U.S. State Department and the Embassy of Switzerland in Hungary. With a keynote speech by the President of the Lantos Foundation and f. Chairwoman of the Commission on International Religious Freedom of the U.S. Congress (USCIRF), coming from the United States, and the Director of the Holocaust Memorial Center of Budapest (HDKE).
The day continued with a meeting in the “Carl Lutz Room” of the U.S. Embassy in Hungary.
The opening concluded with an invitation to the graduation ceremony of the Andrassy University of Budapest, which annually awards the “Carl Lutz scholarship” to students in international relations.
See the dedicated page : Budapest, 2022
Geneva, 2021
The Carl Lutz Society’s exhibition was held in Geneva, from May 12 to June 7, 2021. Reinstalled during the Summit between Presidents Biden and Putin, in mid-June 2021.
With a keynote speech by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United States Special Envoy on Holocaust Issues and the Councillor in charge of diversity of the City of Geneva.
An event organized by the Carl Lutz Society and the Communauté Israélite de Genève, notably with the support of the City of Geneva and the Loterie romande.
See the dedicated page : Geneva, 2021
Auschwitz State Museum, 2019
The Carl Lutz Society was invited to give a two-day seminar to all 383 guides at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oswieçim, Poland.
About Carl Lutz
It is estimated that tens of thousands of Jewish men, women and children were saved from certain death in Budapest by the Swiss Righteous Carl Lutz, his wife Gertrud Lutz and his colleagues Harald Feller, Peter Zürcher and Ernst Vonrufs. This is the largest diplomatic rescue operation of WWII.
This humanist’s commitment has a scope that goes beyond an historical event. It is a source of reflection and commitment; it embodies values and courage of significant relevance.
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Conferences and events in Europe, South and North America.
