Sweden, the United States, and Raoul Wallenberg's Mission to Hungary in 1944.

The article discusses the mission of Raoul Wallenberg, as the secretary of the 1944 Swedish delegation to Hungary, to coordinate humanitarian relief for the Jews of Europe during the Jewish Holocaust. The genesis of Wallenberg's mission, which resulted from a request to Sweden's government by the U.S. government's War Refugee Board (WRB), is discussed. The Soviet Deputy Commissar of Foreign Affairs Vladimir G. Dekanozov's assertion that the Soviets would protect Wallenberg in Hungary is discussed. An overview of Wallenberg's disappearance in 1945, which resulted from his arrest by the Soviets, is provided.