NYC Honorary Street Names

Wallenberg

Raoul Wallenberg Way (Brooklyn)
Present name:13th Avenue
Location:Between 36th Street and 60th Street
Honoree: Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947) was a Swedish diplomat who risked his life to save Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. When the Soviet army freed Budapest, Wallenberg presented himself to the army but then disappeared.
LL:2012/14


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