Near a controversial statue that went up overnight in Hungary in 2014, an informal memorial to victims of the Hungarian Holocaust stands. I found the story in the picture below particularly inspiring.
First a little bit of background information. The official Holocaust in Hungary happened later then in many other countries. But even before the official Holocaust, the Hungarian government was routinely taking steps to discriminate against Jews and other minority groups, putting them in a position where they could not fight back once the Holocaust occurred.
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who saved countless Jews. He did almost whatever he could negotiating where he could and then stretching numbers to help more Jews flew Hungary. But the story of Wallenberg's courage below is even more amazing.
Sadly, in the end Raoul Wallenberg could not save himself. It is not known even today exactly when or how he died, although it is suspected he was killed or died while in Communist Custody. There is a Memorial Garden dedicated to Raoul Wallenberg behind the Dohany Street Synagogue (Great Synagogue) in Budapest.
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