Wallenberg page 7

Wallenberg page 7 by ric Gustafson


Thousands of Jews were now being put into synagogues and given no food or water. Wallenberg's car was stolen and his driver arrested. He and Charles Lutz went to the Dohay Street synagogue and was able to get released several hundred Jews being held. Most of the Jews hiding in Wallenberg's safe houses did survive the war.
On October 18 1944, the Arrow Cross tried to formally end Wallenberg's attempts to save Jews. The Arrow Cross began a reign of terror across Budapest. The Gestapo and the SS also tried to stop Wallenberg's efforts. All of the Jews protected by Wallenberg were stripped of their protection. Frustrated, Wallenberg went to the wife of Hungary's new foreign minister Galor Kemeny. On October 22 1944, the protective status of Wallenberg's Jews was restarted.
At Wallenberg's office alone, 300 Jews were taking refuge there.


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