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Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg came to Budapest as secretary of the Swedish Foreign Ministry in July 1944 with instructions to save as many Jews as possible. He issued thousands of Swedish identity documents to Jews to protect them from Nazi deportation and is credited with ultimately saving as many as 100,000 people.
After the war, Wallenberg was arrested by the Soviets and disappeared into their prison system. He was last seen leaving the city on 17 January 1945, just after the Soviet army liberated the city.