Wallenberg had pulled together a staff of some 400. nearly all Jews. to give out passports. gather information. distribute supplies and protect the 32 safe houses he had set up on the Pest side of the Danube. where most of the citys Jews livedplus special shelters housing 8.000 children. What is more. Wallenberg issued passports wholesale. Theoretically. these papers indicated that the holders ware about to be admitted to the issuing countries. passport holders were deemed to be under the protection of the issuing countries and therefore exempt from deportation. It didnt always work. In a country long known for antiSemitism. the Arrow Cross gangs were able to function with little resistance from the general population..
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Country long known for anti-Semitism.