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Raoul Wallenberg was born on August 4, 1912, although, his death is a mystery. Though my research I have come to the conclusion that this man must be immortal because I was told that he and his driver were murdered on March 8th, 1945. He also died from execution on July 17, 1947. Yet he died of a sudden heart attack that same night. On, the other hand in 2005 people said he was still alive today. Obviously no one is 100% positive of his death. Raoul had a true passion for architecture but could not find work in this career so he accepted a job as a banker in Palestine (now Israel). While there he met many Jews that had been fortune enough to escape from Germany. His Jewish co-workers told him heart trending tales of the Nazis treatment of the Jews. “The Nazi’s viewed the Jews not as a religious group, but as an inferior and Poisonous race.” Later he found a job in architecture, which involved a great deal of traveling (visiting Germany, Hungary, France etc.) That’s where he saw many horrors that disturbed him. There is also where he received a good education on how German’s operated. That is what gave him the impulse to be a rescuer. Raoul issued protective passes and housed Jews, saving tens of thousand’s of Jewish lives. “He saved our faith in humanity” quotes one of the people he saved. The passes had no value but provoked respect. Wallenberg began with permission to issue only one thousand five hundred passes, quickly he negotiated another thousand. Eventually he managed to raise the quota to four thousand five hundred. He also controlled at staff of 700 (all Jewish) and thanks to working with Wallenberg, they did not have to wear the yellow star of David. Wallenberg was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1948 by more than 50 qualified nominators and in 1949 by a single nominator. He was honored in many, many different countries. One of which honored him for saving at least one hundred thousand lives. "Raoul Wallenberg." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. 2 May 2009, 05:25 UTC. 6 May 2009 <[]>. Metzler, David. "Raoul Wallenberg." __Jewish Virtual Library__. 2009. 7 May 2009 .  Wooding, Dan. "Swedish diplomat who saved thousands from nazis honoured." __THE International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation__. 2/8/09. 7 May 2009 .