Groups around the world honored Raoul Wallenberg on what would have been his 91st birthday. Ceremonies were held in seven cities for the Swedish diplomat, who is credited with rescuing more than 30,000 Hungarian Jews from the Nazis. Wallenberg disappeared soon after the war, and he is believed to have died in a Soviet prison.
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