Rare letter of protection signed by the Righteous Among the Nations Angelo Rotta on the day the ghetto was closed. ...

Rare letter of protection signed by the Righteous Among the Nations Angelo Rotta on the day the ghetto was closed. Budapest, 1944.
A letter of protection for the Jewish widow Riedl Emilne, maiden name Iren Furedi, dated November 15, 1944, the day the Large Ghetto in Budapest was established. This letter of protection, signed by the representative of the Apostolic Nuncio (the Diplomotic Vatican) in Budapest - the Bishop Angelo Rotta - enabled the widow's life to be saved, and for her to be transferred to the "International Ghetto." 
[1] page on official paper. 29.5x21 cm. Stamp of the Vatican representative and Rotta's original signature.
Angelo Rotta (1872-1965) served as the representative of the Vatican in Budapest in 1944 and received a medal as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his actions in saving tens of thousands of Jews. At the time of the deportation of Hungarian Jewry to Auschwitz, Rotta worked to attain various documents to save Jews together with other diplomats such as Raoul Wallenberg and Karl Lutz and succeeded in attaining letters of protection from the Vatican for approximately 2,500 Jews.
Rotta wrote fewer letters of protection than Raoul Wallenberg and his are therefore more rare.
Tears in the area of the fold with no lack. Fine condition.