Hollán Ernő u. 16

Hollán Ernő utca sixteen sits as a modest apartment building in the Újlipótváros neighborhood. Its facade is defined by a rhythmic, functional Bauhaus design, typical of the construction boom that swept this district in the nineteen thirties. While most residential buildings from this era served as straightforward housing for the middle class, this address became a sanctuary during the Nazi occupation. Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat, used apartments here to issue protective passports, shielding Jewish residents from deportation by granting them Swedish extraterritorial status.