Raoul
Wallenberg, son of one of the world's richest
men, was the Secretary of the Swedish Legation
in Budapest, a diplomatic post, during World
War II. At the time of the Nazi occupation, Wallenberg
helped many European Jews to escape. In January
of 1945, Wallenberg was kidnaped by the Russians.
The Russians tried to blame the United States
for his disappearance, but it was later disproved.
There were reports from a Soviet prisoner that
he had seen Wallenberg at a mine operation in
Tomsk in Siberia. Another prisoner said that
he had communicated with Wallenberg by tapping
on the walls of a jail cell until Wallenberg
was moved in early 1947. The Soviets later admitted
that Wallenberg had died in Lubyanka prison in
Russia on July 17, 1947.
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