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I have read about Wallenberg's fate in magazines etc every few years. Schindler I only recognize because of Spielberg's movie.

Somewhat interesting is that Hungarian Jews were, though occasionally persecuted, relatively safe as long as Hungary was a reliable co-belligerent with Germany, and Hungarians were in charge. When, after March 1944, Nazis were actually running things with the help of the Arrow Cross party, things changed for the worse.

It seems to have been the same in some other countries: Bulgaria, Finland and Italy had no interest in solving a "Jewish question" or even recognizing there was one. Bulgaria managed to resist deportations and pogroms of own citizens all the way. In Italy, the deportations started only after Italy capitulated in 1943 and Germany occupied the country. In Finland, Jews were few; not one of the local population was killed in persecutions (but a few died in the army when fighting the Soviets with their countrymen.)



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