Wallenberg page 4

Wallenberg page 4 by ric Gustafson


The train from Berlin arrived in Budapest on July 9 1944. Wallenberg got a taxi and drove to the Hotel Gellert. This hotel was near the Swedish Embassy. The next day, he visited the Embassy where deep lines of Jews were trying to obtain Swedish passports. Wallenberg found out that only 230,000 Jews were still left in Budapest. Wallenberg came up with an idea for protective passports that would protect the person from deportation. He printed up thousands of these passports.
Wallenberg needed help to save Jewish lives. He turned to the only man he could think of. This man was Swiss vice consul Carl Lutz. Lutz knew Adolf Eichmann from experience. Because of Wallenberg, Jews were flooding into the Swedish Embassy. All were given a protective passport. Wallenberg opened several safe havens to protect these people. Wallenberg knew that sooner or later he would have to have a talk with Adolf Eichmann.


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