Harald Edelstam
Gustav Harald Edelstam was a Swedish diplomat. During World War II he earned the nickname Svarta nejlikan for helping hundreds of Norwegian Jews, SOE agents, and saboteurs escape from the Germans. During the early 1970s he was stationed in Santiago, Chile, and became known as the "Raoul Wallenberg of the 1970s" when he helped over 1,200 Chileans, hundreds of Cuban diplomats and civilians, and 67 Uruguayan and Bolivian refugees escape persecution by dictator Augusto Pinochet.
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Full Name
Gustaf Harald Edelstam
Date of Birth
March 17th, 1913
Age
113
Birth Place
Sweden, Stockholm County
Date of Death
April 16th, 1989
Died Aged
76
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