On 8 March 1945, Soviet-controlled Hungarian radio announced that Wallenberg and his driver had been murdered on their way to Debrecen, suggesting that they had been killed by the Arrow Cross Party or the Gestapo.
Den sovjetisk-kontrollerede ungarske radio meddelte den 8. marts 1945, at Wallenberg og hans chauffør var blevet dræbt på vej til Debrecen og antydede, at Pilekorspartiet eller Gestapo stod bag drabene.