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Behind the Bastards
It was mentioned in the context of Raoul Wallenberg's efforts to save Jews on a death march, including a quote from the book where he is seen to be actively rescuing Jews from being handed over to an executioner.
You there, the Swede pointed to an astonished man waiting for his turn to be handed over to the executioner. Give me your Swedish passport and get in that line, he barked. And you, get behind him. I k...
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It was mentioned in the context of Raoul Wallenberg's efforts to save Jews on a death march, including a quote from the book where he is seen to be actively rescuing Jews from being handed over to an executioner.
You there, the Swede pointed to an astonished man waiting for his turn to be handed over to the executioner. Give me your Swedish passport and get in that line, he barked. And you, get behind him. I know I issued you a passport.
Wallenberg continued moving fast, talking loud, hoping the authority in his voice would somewhat rub off on these defeated people.
The Jews finally caught on. They started groping in pockets for bits of identification. A driver's license or birth certificate seemed to do the trick. The Swede was grabbing them so fast.
Faster, Wallenberg's eyes urged them. Faster, before the game is up.
In minutes he had several hundred people in his convoy. International Red Cross trucks there at Wallenberg's behest arrived and the Jews clambered on. Wallenberg jumped into his own car. He leaned out of the car window and whispered, I am sorry to the people he was leaving behind. I am trying to take the youngest ones first, he explained. I want to save a nation.
Episode: Special X-Mas Non-Bastard: Raoul Wallenberg, Histo...
It was mentioned as a source of information about Wallenberg's actions during the death march where he saved several hundred Jewish lives by confidently claiming they had protective passes.
You there, the Swede pointed to an astonished man waiting for his turn to be handed over to the executioner. Give me your Swedish passport and get in that line, he barked. And you, get behind him. I know I issued you a passport.
Wallenberg continued moving fast, talking loud, hoping the authority in his voice would somewhat rub off on these defeated people.
The Jews finally caught on. They started groping in pockets for bits of identification. A driver's license or birth certificate seemed to do the trick. The Swede was grabbing them so fast.
Faster, Wallenberg's eyes urged them. Faster, before the game is up.
In minutes he had several hundred people in his convoy. International Red Cross trucks there at Wallenberg's behest arrived and the Jews clambered on. Wallenberg jumped into his own car. He leaned out of the car window and whispered, I am sorry to the people he was leaving behind. I am trying to take the youngest ones first, he explained. I want to save a nation.