Memorial to Wallenberg

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II yesterday unveiled a memorial to a man who saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II yesterday unveiled a memorial to a man who saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.

The queen unveiled the 10 ft high statue of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who issued false Swedish passports to Hungarian Jews. Standing beside her at the ceremony in London's West End was President Ezer Weizman of Israel.

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