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Raoul Wallenberg

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A commemorative plaque in the centre of Batumi marks the street named after the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in 2013.

Raoul Wallenberg

The plaque marks Raoul Wallenberg Street in the centre of Batumi, which was named after the Swedish diplomat and marked with the plaque in 2013. Wallenberg (1912–1945) was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian who saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust. He disappeared on 17 January 1945.

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Raoul Wallenberg