By January 1945. 6 months after his arrival in Hungary. Wallenberg had managed to assign over 20.000 passports to Jews in Budapest. He had set up "safe" houses for another 13.000 Jews and. when the Soviet forces were closing in on Budapest. he helped prevent the lastminute slaughter of the 70.000 Jews who remained in the citys ghettos. He literally pulled condemned individuals from deportation trains. gave them passports. and arranged for food and medical supplies for the illtreated. Altogether. Wallenberg is responsible for saving the lives of nearly 100.000 men. women. and children from certain death in Nazi extermination camps.
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