OSS Wallenberg, Raoul Gustav

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wallenberg ​

• FORENAME

Raoul Gustav ​

• UNIT

OSS Hungary ​

• RANK

Civilian ​

• NUMBER

• DATE OF DEATH

16th July 1947 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Szilagyi Erzebet Fasor, Pasaret, Budapest, Hungary​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 4.8.1912 Lidingo, Sweden​

son of Raoul Oscar and Maria Sofia (Maj) (nee Wising) Wallenberg​

father died May 1912 and mother married Fredrik von Dardel 1918​

educated University of Michigan, U.S.A.​

employed in a Swedish construction company office Cape Town, South Africa​

employed Holland Bank, Haifa, Palestine 1935-36​

returned to Sweden 1936​

joint owner and International Director, Central European Trading Company​

recruited by OSS in Hungary 1944​

aided escape of Jews from Hungary​

arrested 17.1.1945 Budapest by Russians​

presumed died of heart attack in Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, Russia ​

date of death officially declared as 31.7.1952 (on 31.10.2016) by Swedish authorities​

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