On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel commemorates the 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust, as well as the 36 Righteous Diplomats from 21 countries, who risked their lives to save thousands of Jews during WWII.
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World War II hero, Sweden's envoy to Nazi-occupied Hungary Raoul Wallenberg who saved tens of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Budapest before being arrested by Soviet secret police, imprisoned in Moscow and disappearing in January 1945.(AP /Scanpix Sweden, File)