Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was born August 4, 1912. His parents came from two of Sweden's most outstanding families, whose members included diplomats, bankers, and bishops of the Lutheran Church, as well as artists and professors.Raoul Wallenberg recieved received his bachelor degree of Science in Architecture and returned to Sweden in 1935. But the market for architects was small in Sweden, so his grandfather sent him to Cape Town, South Africa. Raoul Wallenberg soon heard about the Holocaust and Hitlers "Final Solution." Feeling terrible for the Jews he went to Hungary, and was very excited to help Jews.Wallenberg started helping the Swedish legation by renting buildings for the Red Cross and putting signs like "The Swedish Library" or "The Swedish Research Institute" on their doors. The buildings were then used as hiding places for Jews.After the war it was established that about 50,000 Jews living in the foreign houses of the International Ghetto had survived. Of these, about 25,000 were directly under Wallenberg's protection. He was a true hero.