During World War II, Valdemar Langlet, head of the Swedish Red Cross in Budapest, with his wife Nina, and later the diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and 250 colleagues  were working around the clock to save the Jewish population from being sent to Nazi concentration camps; this figure later rose to approximately 400.
During World War II, Valdemar Langlet, head of the Swedish Red Cross in Budapest, along with his wife Nina, and later diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, and 250 colleagues were tirelessly working around the clock to rescue the Jewish population from being sent to Nazi concentration camps; this figure later increased to approximately 400.