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Summary
Per Anger, a Swedish diplomat, was assigned to the Swedish Legation in Budapest as Secretary
for Trade in late 1942. He briefly refers to growing anti-Semitism in Hungary. He describes in
detail the Legation’s response to Jewish pleas for help when Germany invaded Hungary in March
1944 as well as Raoul Wallenberg’s additional efforts upon his arrival in July 1944, a position
resulting from negotiations between the American War Refugee Board, World Jewish Congress
and American Embassy in Stockholm. He refers to the many ways in which Sweden was involved
in helping Jews in Hungary, and explains why they did this. He discusses his last meeting with
Wallenberg just before his disappearance on January 17, 1945 and the terrors of Russian
occupation until his and the other diplomats’ return home in April 1945. He describes in detail his
attempts to enlist Sweden’s help in finding Wallenberg and accounts of eye-witnesses who had
had contact with Wallenberg in Soviet prisons. He suspects the Soviets suspected Wallenberg of
being a spy because of his contacts with Iver Olsen of the War Refugee Board. Anger is the
author of With Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest, NY: 1981.
This is a verbatim transcript of spoken word. It is not the primary source, and it has not been checked for spelling or accuracy.