László Ravasz

Identifier
000556
Dates
1882-1975
Type of Entity
Person

History

Hungarian Calvinist bishop. As a member of Upper House he supported and voted in favour of the First and Second “Jewish Laws” in 1938 and 1939, but he rejected the Third “Jewish Law” in 1941. In 1944 he faced with the reality of the Holocaust and he tried to do against physical destruction of Hungarian Jews. He took part in church-operated rescue efforts, primarily assisting Jews converted to Christianity.