Wallenberg left the comfort of Stockholm. and went to the hell of Budapest under Nazi occupation. As an attachb In the Swedish Embassy. he took great personal risks to save the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews. His actions were as Ingenious as they were bold. He Issued Swedish protective passports to thousands of Hungarians and literally pulled Jews from cattle cars destined for Nazi death camps. He also hid thousands In houses that flew the Swedish flag. shielding them from arrest and deportation. In January of 1945. Raoul Wallenberg was arrested by Soviet military forces as Budapest was liberated from Nazi occupation by the Red army.
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