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202589 minPGdocumentary

Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction

202589 minPGdocumentary

More than 100,000 Jews were saved from the Holocaust by Raoul Wallenberg during an undercover mission in Nazi-occupied Budapest.

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More than 100,000 Jews were saved from the Holocaust by Raoul Wallenberg during an undercover mission in Nazi-occupied Budapest.

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Brad Rothschilddirector

Brian Maitdirector

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaalcast

Brian Cox

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtiscast

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Raoul Wallenberg operated in Nazi-occupied Budapest during World War II, where he saved over 100,000 Jews from the Holocaust through an American-financed mission. In the war's final days, Wallenberg was arrested by the Soviet Red Army and taken to Moscow. He disappeared into the KGB prison system, and his fate remains unknown. The documentary investigates the circumstances surrounding his arrest and the enduring mystery of what happened to him after his capture.

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