Bayonne, Guatemala, The Hague, Brussels and China (1973, where he became the first Spanish Ambassador). In 1976 he was sent to Rome as Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See, where he died on 11 June 1980. Sanz Briz himself tells how he was able to save the lives of so many Jews, in Federico Ysart's book Los judíos en España (1973). He is also the subject of the 2011 Spanish television series El ángel de Budapest, based on Diego Carcedo's book Un español frente al Holocausto ("A Spaniard against the Holocaust"). Personal life In 1942 he married Adela Quijano y Secades, with whom he had five children: Adela, Paloma, Pilar, Ángela, and Juan Carlos. Death and recognition Sanz Briz died on 11 June 1980 in Rome. In 1991, he was recognized by the Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem of the State of Israel, who gave his family the title of Righteous Among the Nations. In 1994 the Government of Hungary gave him the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. In 2015, a Budapest street was renamed in his honor, as Angel Sanz Briz Avenue''. See also Francoist Spain and the Holocaust Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish consul active in Hungary. References External links The angel of Budapest - Angel Sanz Briz (1910-1980), by Salvo Haim Alhadeffas in the European Sephardic Institute Ángel Sanz Briz: International Raoul Wallenberg foundation Angel Sanz Briz (1910-1980) 1910 births 1980 deaths Spanish people of World War II Francoist Spain Spanish Righteous Among the Nations People who rescued Jews during the Holocaust Ambassadors of Spain to Belgium Ambassadors of Spain to China Ambassadors of Spain to Guatemala Ambassadors of Spain to Hungary Ambassadors of Spain to the Netherlands Ambassadors of Spain to Peru Ambassadors of Spain to the Holy See Ambassadors of Spain to Switzerland Complutense University of Madrid alumni Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary People from Zaragoza