Raoul Wallenberg, Humanitarian

United States · 1997 · 32¢

This stamp honors Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who served in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. The design features a portrait of Wallenberg, with a background scene depicting some of the thousands of Hungarian Jews he saved from the Holocaust. The vertical text on the right labels him as a "HUMANITARIAN".

Issued in 1997, this stamp recognizes Wallenberg's heroic efforts in saving tens of thousands of Jews by issuing protective passports and sheltering them in buildings designated as Swedish territory. He disappeared in January 1945 after being detained by Soviet authorities.