This was speculated a long time, and in more recent times Putin was effectively trying to avoid the question.
It’s an understandable error on their part. After all, it is quite easy for a doctor or medical examiner to mistake a bullet to the back of the head for a heart attack when performing an autopsy...
He was part Jewish, through his great-great grandfather, but he agreed to be sent to Nazi controlled Hungary, under diplomatic cover, in June 1944, just before or after the Allies landed at Normandy.
In the early 1930s he studied at the University of Michigan, and he hitch hiked all around America on several of his school breaks.
it is interesting that Russia/Putin are coming clean about this wonderful man....now.
way way way late, but still better late than never
and it MAY indicate a desire or willingness to make some further amends, policy changes? we will see....
i don’t want to read too much into this, and its been pretty obvious for decades that the Soviets murdered Wallenberg, but still... this is a little glimmer of light..
Article appears to be from 2000 but since this isn’t in Breaking News, I guess its ok.