Presentation about Josefa Amar y Borbon y Angel Sanz Briz

1. DISCOVER OUR LOCAL
HEROES!

2. Angel
Sanz Briz
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3. Who is he?
Important
Facts
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He was born in Zaragoza in 1910.
He was a brilliant Spanish diplomat

4. Why was he
important?
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He was / is important because he was
capable enough to defend the rights
of the Jewish Community.
In fact he saved the life of 5000
Jews!

5. How did he
achieve it?
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During World War II when the nazism
was really cruel, he was courageous and
he provided Spanish passports to 5000
Jews to save them from deportation to
Auschwitz.

6. How do we
remember him?
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All this happened in
Hungary.
He is known as “the
Angel of Budapest"
He died on June 11, 1980 in Rome.

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Josefa Amar y
Borbón...

8. Who was
she?
Important
facts
She was born in Zaragoza in 1749.
She died on February
21st 1833 in Rome
She was a great educator and writer
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9. What and
how did she
achieve?
She defended the women’s
rights for intellectual and
political activities.
She wrote several essays about
that topic.
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10. How do we
remember
her?
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11. Why are
they
important
for us?
Both of them should be an
example for society, they fought
to make other people’s lives
easier.
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