Wallenberg page 3 by ric Gustafson
32 year old Raoul Wallenberg was a quick thinking businessman. He was a Swede fluent in German and Russian. His family were Lutheran bankers and diplomats. His father died three months before he was born. While working in Haifa Palestine in 1936, Wallenberg heard what the Nazi's were doing to the Jews. He was outraged.
In June of 1944, he heard that twelve thousand Hungarian Jews were being murdered each day in Auschwitz. He decided through the Swedish Embassy that he would try to save as many Jews as possible.
In July of 1944, only the Jews of Budapest were still alive. Admiral Horthy had temporarily halted the deportations. Adolf Eichmann was incensed. On route to Budapest, Wallenberg stopped in Berlin to visit his half sister Nina. The next day, Wallenberg boarded a train for Budapest.
research help: ' The Envoy' by Alex Kershaw
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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