Raoul Wallenberg: The Swedish Savior of Budapest

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest in July 1944 and immediately began issuing 'Schutz-Pass' — protective passports that identified bearers as Swedish subjects awaiting repatriation. He created safe houses for Jews throughout the city, personally intervened when deportation trains were loaded, and climbed onto train roofs and handed protective documents through the windows to terrified passengers. He personally saved an estimated 100,000 people. When the Soviets entered Budapest, Wallenberg was arrested and disappeared. He was held in Lubyanka prison in Moscow and was reportedly executed in 1947, though the Soviets claimed he died in prison.