YOU ARE INVITED!
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Carl Lutz & Diplomatic Rescue During the Holocaust.
Date & Time: Monday, March 30, 2026, at 3:00 PM.
Location: Quakers Arch Street Meeting House, 320 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
The Mid-Atlantic–Eurasia Business Council warmly invites you to join a special commemoration honoring the extraordinary courage and humanitarian legacy of Carl Lutz, a Swiss diplomat whose actions saved over 60,000 lives during the Holocaust—one of history’s largest civilian rescue efforts.
This event also marks the presentation of the exhibition Visas for Life: The Righteous and Honorable Diplomats at the historic Quakers Arch Street Meeting House.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
- Keynote speakers
Ágnes Hirschi, Honorary President of the Carl Lutz Society and stepdaughter of Carl Lutz.
Consul General Ambassador of Switzerland Niculin Jäger of the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
Eric Saul, Founder & Executive Director, Visas for Life and the Institute for the Study of Rescue and Altruism in the Holocaust (ISRAH).
- Presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal honoring the “Forgotten Heroes”.
- Discussion on the documentary Dangerous Diplomacy.
- And more presentations with esteemed guests.
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