One of the most incredible achievements was the saving of over 70.000 Jews in a single night by helping to reverse an order given by Eichmann. Another example of Wallenbergs heroism was his redesign of the pass that allowed Jews who could prove they had relatives in Sweden to be placed under Swedish protection. This new design. which was more official looking. fooled many Nazis and prevented the deportation of many of its bearers. When the advancing Russian Army reached the city of Budapest. 120.000 Hungarian Jews were still alivethe largest surviving Jewish population in all of occupied Europe. Unfortunately.
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