Gábor Sztehlo

Gábor Sztehlo (1909–1974) was a Lutheran Pastor in Budapest who saved Jewish children from the Nazis and Hungarian Arrow Cross Party fascist persecution during World War II.

In 1937 he founded the first Hungarian adult education center in Nagytarcsa, the beginnings of the Folk College System, inspired by his experiences in Finland.

[2][3][4][5] Jozsef Èliás led the Good Shepherd Committee, which was founded in October 1942 by converted Jews.

Bishop Sándor Raffay appointed Gábor to represent the Lutheran Church in the committee, which he later led after Èliás was forced to go into hiding.

In 2009 a memorial to Sztehlo, created by the sculptor Tamás Vigh, was erected facing the Deák Square Lutheran Church in Budapest.