Jose Herrera
Von Uslar Gleichen
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House of Herrera
C I R C A 1 9 0 6
Marquis of Lanzarote and Count of Palomar.
A lawyer by profession, he studied in Venezuela and in the United States.
In 1936, he co-founded the National Action Movement (MAN),
with a purpose to fight against extremism, communism,
dissolution and social unrest, and ultimately opposing
the propagation of the Marxist-Leninist ideology in Venezuela,
by any means necessary.
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In 1950, Jose Herrera Von Uslar Gleichen advocated a strong movement
which oversaw the adoption of World War II orphans.
When he was Ambassador to Sweden, Herrera Uslar organised
the transfer of 1,000 orphaned war refugees in Switzerland.
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The orphans arrived in Venezuela in batches of 50 children,
and were welcomed to the colony of Catia La Mar,
where they were adopted by Venezuelan families.