Wallenbergs disappearance in January 1945 after the Russians had captured Budapest is one of the oldest cases of the phenomenon of disappearances. The Soviets insist that he died in 1947. but over the ensuing 3 decades there have been reports that Wallenberg is alive and in a Soviet prison. In response to a request from the American War Refugee Board and the World Jewish Congress. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg went to Budapest in 1944 after the Nazis began deporting Hungarys 700.000 Jews to extermination camps. Working personally for 7 months. Wallenberg is credited with saving about 100.000 Hungarian Jews from extermination.
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