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Raoul Wallenberg

Raoul WallenbergAKA Raoul Gustav Wallenberg

Born: 4-Aug-1912
Birthplace: Lidingö, Sweden
Died: 17-Jul-1947
Location of death: Moscow, Russia
Cause of death: Execution [1]
Remains: Buried, Raoul Wallenberg Memorial, Budapest, Hungary

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Activist, Diplomat

Nationality: Sweden
Executive summary: Worked to save Hungarian Jews

Died or was killed under suspicious circumstances in Soviet custody.

[1] Diary of Ivan A. Serov, head of the KGB. %

Father: Raoul Oscar Wallenberg (naval officer, b. 1888, d. 1912 cancer)
Mother: Maria Sofia Wising (b. 1891, d. 1979)
Father: Fredrik von Dardel (stepfather after 1918)
Sister: Nina Wallenberg

    University: BA Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1935)

    Espionage 17-Jan-1945 (arrested by Soviets)






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