Raoul Wallenberg
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| Raoul Gustav Wallenberg | |
 Wallenberg passport photo from June 1944
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| Born | August 4, 1912 Lidingö Municipality, Sweden |
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| Died | presumed July 16, 1947 (aged 34) presumed Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Parents | Raoul Oscar Wallenberg Maria "Maj" Sofia Wising |
Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 – July 16, 1947?)[1][2][3] was a Swedish humanitarian sent to Budapest, Hungary under diplomatic cover to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. He was of the prominent Swedish Wallenberg family.
Inspired by the the tale of the Scarlet Pimpernel[4], he worked to save the lives of Hungarian Jews in the later stages of World War II by issuing them protective passports from the Swedish embassy. These documents identified the bearers as Swedish nationals awaiting repatriation. It is impossible to determine exactly how many Jews were rescued by his actions, but Yad Vashem credits him with saving 15,000 lives.[5]
On January 17, 1945, he was arrested on the direct order of Soviet Deputy Commissar for Defense Nikolai Bulganin. It is probable that the order came from Stalin, for reasons never disclosed. In 1957, responding to diplomatic pressure, the Soviets announced that Wallenberg had died of a heart attack in 1947 in Lubyanka prison in Moscow, but this has been disputed.
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