331 - Raoul Wallenberg; The Swedish Schindler
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Wallenberg's 'Underwater Embassie'
Ral wallenberg was directly inspired by pimpernel smith, a 19 fort one british anti nay propaganda thriller. The film had been banned in sweden, but wallenberg and his sister nina were invited to a private screening at the british embassy in stockholm. By the time he gets there in july of 19 forty four, the nante, the the nancy, the naty campain had been under way for a few months. And between may and early july, more 400 thousand jews had been deported already. So here's what they did: Along with fellow swedish diplomats,. He issued protective passports, o shutz pass
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