We were honored at the Holocaust Museum today with the presence ot a number of our colleagues from the Congress. as well as a numbar of representatives of the diplomatic corps. Born on August 4. 1912. an heir oia prominent Swedish banking family. Raoul Wailenberg studied architecture at te University of Michigan In the 1930s In 1944. at the urging of the United States Governments War Refugee Board. he was appointed a Swedish special diplomatic envoy to Hungary. Without regard for his own safety. Wallenberg went to Hungary and worked to save tens of thousands of Jews from Nazi death camps. pri. madly by issuing Swedish protective passports and establishing sale homes under Swedish diplomatic protection where Jews were able to find some protection from Nazi thugs.