Genealogy Projects tagged with el salvador on the Geni Family Tree

Secret Swiss Holocaust-era Lifesaving El Salvador Citizenship Certificates

A FORGOTTEN SUITCASE: THE MANTELLO RESCUE MISSION Around 2005, a woman found a mysterious suitcase in her basement in Geneva, Switzerland. Inside the suitcase were more than one thousand World War II-era certificates bearing the official seal of the Consulate of El Salvador. The certificates also featured the photographs of men, women, and children. What were these documents? Why were the dec...