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Valdemar Langlet

Swedish Righteous Among the Nations, publisher and Esperantist (1872-1960) · Sweden · Journalists · Died at 87

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Valdemar Langlet was a Swedish publisher, and an early Esperantist. With his wife Nina Borovko-Langlet in Budapest, he is credited with saving many Jews from the Holocaust, by providing Swedish documents saying that people were waiting for Swedish nationality.

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Awards

Righteous Among the Nations1965
Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class1918

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Father: Emil Victor Langlet

About this person

Valdemar Langlet was a Swedish publisher, and an early Esperantist. With his wife Nina Borovko-Langlet in Budapest, he is credited with saving many Jews from the Holocaust, by providing Swedish documents saying that people were waiting for Swedish nationality. Raoul Wallenberg was inspired by Langlet and used the same method to save Jewish people when he came to Budapest. In 1965, Valdemar and Nina Langlet were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.

Country
Sweden
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1872 to 1960 · aged 87

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