Raoul Wallenberg
4 August 1912 - ?
At the end of July, 2000, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that Raoul Wallenberg was murdered in 1947 in Moscow's Lubyanka Prison, as reported in the online edition of Swedish newspaper EXPRESSEN. The report cited a letter written by top a top civil servant in the office of Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson.
Russian officials have long maintained that Wallenberg died of natural causes while in prison.
A panel made up of top Russian and Swedish Officials plans to issue a report on Wallenberg's fate later during the year 2000.