Ep79. 'Shadows of Raoul Wallenberg' – Part 1/ The Man Who Initiated Wallenberg's Mission

Before Raoul Wallenberg set foot in Budapest, one Swedish diplomat had already begun the rescue. His name was Per Anger — and the decisions he made in the spring of 1944 shaped everything that followed. But behind the heroism lies a darker, far more complex web.

In this first part of the series Shadows of Raoul Wallenberg, we ask the questions Sweden never wanted to confront: Was Raoul Wallenberg chosen… or sacrificed? Did the Wallenberg cousins see him as a hero — or as a liability? Was he a diplomat on a humanitarian mission… or a covert asset for American, British, and Swedish intelligence?

And why did Sweden stop fighting for him — even when the chance to save him still existed? With rare clarity and decades of reflection, Jan Anger guides us into the heart of the story — where diplomacy, business interests, intelligence networks, and moral courage collided in the final year of the Second World War. A story about a nation balancing neutrality and survival.