(AP-Times of Israel) Emil Wiesmeyer, a Hungarian who printed thousands of passports allowing Jews to flee the country during World War II, was honored on Wednesday with a memorial plaque in Budapest. Wiesmeyer's Antiqua Printing House initially made 4,000 passports as part of efforts by Swedish special envoy Raoul Wallenberg to save Jews from Nazi death camps. Wiesmeyer then produced 20,000 more on his own to help Jews leave Hungary. Wiesmeyer died in 1967. His son Gabor attended the ceremony.
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