Raoul Wallenberg
4 August 1912 – c. 1947
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat and humanitarian who saved tens of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust by issuing protective passports and sheltering them in Swedish-designated buildings. He was detained by Soviet forces in 1945 and his fate remains uncertain, though the Soviet Union reported he died in 1947.
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Life events
Born into the prominent Swedish Wallenberg family near Stockholm.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgEarned a degree in architecture at the University of Michigan.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSet up Swedish-protected buildings sheltering tens of thousands of Jews.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAppointed to the Swedish legation in Budapest to aid Hungarian Jews.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDistributed Swedish protective passports that saved thousands from deportation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTaken into Soviet custody in Budapest in January 1945 and never freed.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSoviet authorities later reported he died in Moscow's Lubyanka prison, though details remain disputed.