These 20.000 Jews thus came under the protection of the Swedish Government and most were spared the massacre that engulfed 90.000 other Budapest Jews. In carrying out his rescue operation. Wallenberg cared little for his own safety and yet seemed immune to harm by the Germans. He stood on top of a deportation train handing out Swedish papers to all the hands that could reach them. then insisted that the people holding them be allowed off the train. With his own hands. he pulled people out of "death marches" to the Austrian border or brought them bread. soup and medical supplies in the middle of the night when he had no more passports to give out. Wallenberg did not look like a hero.
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