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Memorial sculpture in honor of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who helped rescue Jews from the Nazis. [LCID: 01792]
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Diplomats

During the Holocaust (1933-1945), there were a handful of international diplomats that intervened on behalf of Jews and other victims of Nazism. Explore more content related to these diplomats.

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Abdol Hossein Sardari (1895–1981)
Portrait of diplomatic rescuer Angel Sanz-Briz, head of the Spanish legation in Budapest in 1944.
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Ángel Sanz Briz
Typed communication web in Polish. A handwritten note in pink ink is in the left corner. A blue ink stamp from the Pilsudski Institute in New York is present at the bottom of the page. The web begins in Stockholm and splits into several sections ending with three different individuals: Warszaw, Janczak, Bialystok.
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Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara
The backside of a Lithuanian safe conduct pass featuring a variety of stamps and notes. The pass has been folded multiple times, creating creases and torn edges.
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Chiune Sugihara
Portrait of a man in a suit and tie with dark hair and medium-light skin tone. He looks directly at the camera while sitting and holding a book.
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Chiune Sugihara
Jan Karski (standing), underground courier for the Polish government-in-exile who informed the west in the fall of 1942 about Nazi ... [LCID: 90536]
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How did leaders, diplomats, and citizens around the world respond to the events of the Holocaust?
A group of Hungarian Jews rescued from deportation by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. [LCID: 28210]
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Hungarian Jews who were rescued by Raoul Wallenberg.
Zwartendijk with his daughter Edith and son Jan, Jr., Kovno, 1939-1940. [LCID: 11777]
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Jan Zwartendijk
Letter of protection issued by the Spanish Embassy in Budapest
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Letter of Protection from the Spanish Embassy in Budapest
Memorial sculpture in honor of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who helped rescue Jews from the Nazis. [LCID: 01792]
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Memorial honoring Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg
Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat who rescued Jews in Budapest by issuing protective passes. [LCID: 01531]
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Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg
Passport photograph of Raoul Wallenberg. Sweden, June 1944. [LCID: 06917a]
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Passport photograph of Raoul Wallenberg
Portrait of diplomatic rescuer Angel Sanz-Briz, head of the Spanish legation in Budapest in 1944.
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Portrait of Angel Sanz-Briz, 1944
Raoul Wallenberg in his office in the Swedish legation. [LCID: 74026]
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Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest
At the Jozsefvarosi train station in Budapest, Raoul Wallenberg (at right, with hands clasped behind his back) rescues Hungarian ... [LCID: 67944]
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Raoul Wallenberg rescues Hungarian Jews

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