Even when the war was clearly lost and the Red Army was rapidly closing in. the Germans never lost sight of their goal in making those areas of Europe under their control free of Jewb. or "Judenrein." The Hungarian situation posed a challenge to the United States. Unlike previous years of Nazi rule that found the United States looking on passively as millions of Jews were put to death. our Government swung into action. Through the offices of the War Refugee Board. Raoul Wallenberg of Sweden was dispatched to Hungary to save as many lives as possible. In the midst of a continent dominated by madmen. Wallenberg rose to heroic heights of endeavor. Using every conceivable means. he confronted the architect of the "Final Solution." Adolf Eichmann. and thwarted the Nazis at every turn. Wallenberg. at great personal peril. persuaded the Hungarian Government to stop the deportations to Auschwitz. When Eichmann attempted to get the death trains rolling again. Wallenberg went to border stations and literally prevented the trains crammed with people from leaving Hungary.
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