How did Raoul Wallenberg and other diplomats help save Hungarian Jews during World War II?

During the Nazi occupation of Hungary in 1944, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and other neutral diplomats—including representatives from the Vatican, Switzerland, Portugal, and Spain—undertook significant humanitarian efforts to save Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.123

Wallenberg’s primary methods included:
* Protected Houses: He established "protected houses" in Budapest that flew the flags of neutral countries, providing sanctuary for thousands of Jews.1
* Diplomatic Protection: He utilized his diplomatic status to issue protective papers and provide funds to help Jews escape the country.1
* Direct Intervention: Wallenberg frequently confronted Nazi officials, including Adolf Eichmann, and intervened at deportation trains and during "death marches" to distribute food and clothing and rescue prisoners.1

These collective efforts by neutral diplomats were instrumental in saving tens of thousands of lives during the final months of the war, even as hundreds of thousands of other Hungarian Jews were deported to extermination camps.123