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Former Swedish Embassy

The former Swedish Embassy on Gellért Hill bears a plaque attesting to the heroism of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat and businessman who, along with others including Carl-Ivan Danielsson and Per Anger, rescued as many as 35,000 Hungarian Jews during WWII.

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