The Hungarian government has named a main street here after Waldemar Langlet, a Swedish diplomat during World War II, for his actions on behalf of Hungary’s Jews. He is credited with having saved the lives of more than 100,000 Jews by delivering Swedish safe conduct documents still recognized by the Nazis in the first six months of 1944. The government last year named another street after Raoul Wallenberg, another Swedish diplomat who also distributed safe conduct documents to Hungarian Jews. He disappeared under mysterious circumstances after the Red Army entered Budapest.
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