Growing efforts to assist Jews paralleled Hitlers intensification of their persecution. The insidious efficiency which Hitler had reached in his ability to systematically exterminate Jews demanded more dramatic rescue efforts. The Swedish Government offered safety to Denmarks 8.000 Jews and took in Norwegian refugees who made it across the border. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. working in Budapest. managed to save 10.000 Jews and is credited with aiding up to 40.000. the vice chairman of the Swedish Red Cross entered Germany near the end of the war and brought back thousands of Jews who were near death. Like many countries during the chaos of World War II.
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