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Opinion | Sweden Abandoned Raoul Wallenberg, Hero of the Holocaust. I and My Country Apologize

In first public written apology, Sweden’s Ambassador to Israel admits that he ‘cannot be proud of Swedish history’ in relation to its diplomat, from failing to investigate his fate, not supporting his family nor telling the story of Wallenberg and his heroic deeds. He vows Wallenberg and his deeds will never again be forgotten

Sweden did not do enough to save Raoul Wallenberg, our heroic diplomat, we left his family alone for too long time, and did not give him the proper recognition that he and his extraordinary deed deserved…

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