One man who did was named Oskar Schindler. See the related link for more information.
Raoul Wallenberg. He issued them with Swedish documents.
Raoul Wallenberg. He issued them with Swedish documents.
the man who saved tens of thousands of jews was Herman Hollerith.
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War 2 to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives.
The deportations from Hungary (which at that time included much of Transylvania and parts of Slovakia) began in March 1944. Most of these Jews were taken to Auschwitz and gassed very soon after arrival.
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Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.
Hungary was an ally of Nazi Germany, so the Germans could not simply set up camps there. Although the Hungarian dictator, Horthy, was antisemitic he did not favour killing the Jews. From March 1944 onwards Horthy's position in Hungary was weakened as the Nazis gave growing support to the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party, which was in effect a Nazi party, and in October 1944 Horthy was ousted altogether. The Arrow Cross Party began deporting Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz in March 1944. In August 1944, Horthy (still having some influence) managed to stop the deportations briefly ... The situation was complicated, to see the least.
Six Million, not thousands of, Jews were killed in the Holocaust.
the simple answer is that they were not, rather that they were deported from Hungary. Some Jews however may have been deported from new territories to Hungary in anticipation of joining the larger deportation away.
The Jews who lived in Kisvarda, Hungary were rounded up during the Holocaust. They were sent to Auschwitz, where most of them died.
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"The Black Pimpernel" is a nickname given to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. He operated in Hungary in 1944 and 1945 during World War II.