Dr. Valdemar Langlet and Nina Langlet, Swedish Red Cross Delegate in Budapest, Hungary, 1944-45

On June 11, 1944, Carl Danielsson, Swedish Minister in Budapest, requested the Hungarian government allow the Swedish Red Cross to join the Hungarian Red Cross in feeding and housing thousands of orphaned Jewish children.  Dr. Langlet was a language teacher at the University of Budapest.  Langlet launched a humanitarian campaign immediately, working with the Hungarian Red Cross.  They also set up a children's home in Budapest.  Langlet and his wife, Nina, issued and distributed 2,000 Swedish Red Cross protective passes to Hungarian Jews, which prevented them from being deported or murdered by the Nazis or Arrow Cross.  He did this on his own authority.  Langlet worked with his assistant, Alexander Kässer, also of the Swedish Red Cross.  They worked with many Jewish volunteers and provided medical aid to 16 hospitals.  Langlet maintained 14 protected houses, and even hid Jews in convents. 

Valdemar and Nina Langlet were declared Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel in 1965.