Historical FigureMale
Valdemar Langlet
1872 – 1960
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryValdemar 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 17, 1872
Lerbo socken
Date of death
October 16, 1960
Sankt Matteus
Citizenship
Sweden
Occupations & fields
translatorjournalistEsperantisteditordiplomatpublisher
Awards & honours
Righteous Among the NationsCross of Liberty, 3rd Class
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