Teen who planned synagogue shooting must read book about WW2 diplomat who saved Jews

The boy pleaded "true," the juvenile equivalent of guilty, to both counts.

Yad Vashem recognised Lutz among the “Righteous Among the Nations” on March 24, 1964. It stated the diplomat risked his life and “brought thousands of Hungarian Jews under Swiss protection, thus saving them from deportations to Nazi death camps.”

David Pressman, US ambassador to Hungary, praised Lutz on Sept. 8, 2022, during a US Embassy reception in his honour.

“It is impossible for the human brain to comprehend the impact of Lutz’s efforts. How many artists would never have existed if he had not saved their father? How many doctors would not have been born if Lutz had not saved their grandmother? How many farmers, scientists, teachers, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers would have been lost to history without the efforts of this one individual?

“A single life can ripple through time like a pebble dropped in a lake. One single life can change everything. And Carl Lutz saved thousands. He changed the world in ways we will never understand. We can’t understand.”