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Raoul Wallenberg | |
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Born | Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (1912-08-04)4 August 1912 Lidingö Municipality, Sweden |
Disappeared | 17 January 1945 Budapest, Hungary |
Died | Possibly 17 July 1947 (aged 34) or 31 July 1952 (aged 39) |
Monuments | List |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Occupation | Businessman and diplomat |
Known for | Rescuing Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust |
Relatives | Guy von Dardel (maternal half-brother) Nina Lagergren (maternal half-sister) Nils Dardel (step-uncle) |
Family | Wallenberg family (biological father) |
Awards | List |
Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945) was a Swedish businessman and diplomat. He helped save about 100,000 Hungarian Jews from being killed by the Nazis in 1944, during the Holocaust in World War II. He often risked his life, and later won worldwide admiration for his heroic eforts.