Lillian Lewis. captivated an audience of over 650 people at the dedication of the bust of Wallenberg in the Great Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Noveinber 2. 1995. The song. "Wallenberg." is a tribute to Raoul Wallenberg the Swedish diplomat credited with savings 100.000 Jewish lives in Budapest in 1944. Using false passports. diplomat safe houses. and extraordinary bravery. Wallenberg repeatedly deceived and evaded the Nazis in his heroic mission to prevent the deportation of Hungarys Jews in the death camps. Wallenberg was arrested by Soviet authorities after the war and disappeared into the Gulag. His ultimate fate remains a mystery.
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