Wallenberg mysteries examined


	Wallenberg mysteries examined

ruralart

4-30-2008 2:15 PM

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wwii, wallenberg, jews, holocaust, russia, cia, roosevelt, soviet, sweden, concentration camps

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Wonder if we will ever know the truth?

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