Stockholm: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Central and Eastern Europe, 2000. (D 804.66 .W35 K65 2001) [Find in a library near you]. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Child of the Winds: My Mission with Raoul Wallenberg.
Mr. Wallenberg … To search library catalogs or other electronic search tools for materials on Raoul Wallenberg or related topics, use the following Library of Congress subject headings to retrieve the most relevant citations: Look through a curated list of frequently searched collection types and themes. Reviews Wallenberg’s role during the Holocaust. To help the Jews survive, Wallenberg and fellow Swedish diplomat Per Anger issued thousands of “protective passports” identifying the owners as Swedish subjects and providing a certain amount of protection from deportation. “They did not use this word,” Petrov stated.
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Includes reproductions and translations of a number of letters, documents, and testimonies. Berger quoted the Swedish ambassador in Moscow, Tomas Bertelman, as saying in a note to the head of the Russian archives last December that if true, the report would be 'almost sensational'. For his actions on behalf of Hungarian Jewry, Yad Vashem awarded Wallenberg the title of “Righteous Among the Nations” in 1963, and the United States granted him honorary citizenship in 1981. Raoul Gustav Wallenberg was born near Stockholm, Sweden, on August 4, 1912. Wallenberg has been honored for his wartime efforts around the globe. Only after her death, in 1979, was a tree was planted in Wallenberg’s … Written by a journalist who was one of the first to report Wallenberg’s story in the press. (D 804.66 .W35 L4813 1989) [Find in a library near you].
Harel, David. Written for young adults as part of the History’s Mysteries series.
(DS 135 .H9 H3573 1996) [Find in a library near you]. And yet, it is still not clear why he was killed. ", Wallenberg's relatives called on Swedish authorities, Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dead at 87, Hand-dug Holocaust escape tunnel discovered in Lithuania, Holocaust survivors mark bar mitzvahs at last, Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish envoy based in Budapest in 1944, Diplomat helped save thousands of Hungarian Jews, offering them passports to Sweden, He disappeared in 1945 after Budapest fell to Soviet forces, was never heard from again. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1993. Examines shifts in the Swedish government’s foreign policy during the War, as well as the political negotiations and complex economics underlying the rescue mission.
Werbell, Frederick E., and Thurston Clarke. A group of Hungarian Jews pictured in 1944.
Describes Wallenberg’s background and his mission in Hungary and explores his rescue activities as well as his disappearance. On November 26, 1963, Yad Vashem recognized Raoul Wallenberg as Righteous Among the Nations. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Includes Wallenberg family photos and images from the Holocaust.
The mystery only deepened after the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency acknowledged in the 1990s that he had been recruited for his rescue mission by an agent of the Office of Strategic Services, the OSS, which later became the CIA. Ove Bring, professor in international law at the National Defense College in Stockholm, said the report by the Russian security services warranted reopening Wallenberg's case.
The Library also has an edition in German under the title, 100000 Juden Gerettet: Raoul Wallenberg und Seine Aussergewöhnliche Mission in Budapest. Adachi, Agnes.
“Budapest: The Apocalypse.” Chapter 8 in Diplomat Heroes of the Holocaust.
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Since the Covid-19 epidemic started multiple studies have repeatedly shown a link to Vitamin D deficiency... Are the Covid crackdowns working? “The ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ and their Part in the Rescue of Jews.” In Rescue Attempts during the Holocaust: Proceedings of the Second Yad Vashem International Historical Conference, Jerusalem, April 8-11, 1974, edited by Yisrael Gutman and Efraim Zuroff, 627-647. Raoul Wallenberg: A Hero for Our Time. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 (DS 135 .H9 L53 1993) [Find in a library near you] Tells the personal story of Raoul Wallenberg from his life as a young man through his disappearance at the end of the war. On October 26, 2016, Sweden declared Raoul Wallenberg dead, seventy-one years after his disappearance.
Includes numerous photos, some from Wallenberg’s childhood, detailed endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
One third of the book is biographical, one third historical treatment of the Holocaust and Wallenberg’s rescue mission, and one third review of post-war attempts to discover Wallenberg’s fate. Precisely what happened to him as the war reached its conclusion is not known. (D 810 .R4 F74 1978) [Find in a library near you]. They Were Few.
[German], Handler, Andrew. If he was still alive six days later, then maybe he was alive for a longer period of time.
A Russian court ruled against the claim filed by Raoul Wallenberg’s niece, who wanted get documents about his mysterious death. Includes a timeline, endnotes, glossary, bibliography, and an index.
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In December 2000 Russia’s general prosecutor signed a verdict formally rehabilitating Wallenberg and his driver. Raoul Wallenberg: Le Juste de Budapest.
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Cherry, Robert. The accusations came after Moscow released new material about a German officer, Willy Roedel, who shared a prison cell with Wallenberg, although it was unrelated to the Swede himself. Also includes a chapter on the situation in Hungary during the war and some of the other rescue activities that occurred there. New York: Crestwood House, 1992.
“Raoul Wallenberg—His Mission and His Activities in Hungary.” Yad Vashem Studies 15 (1983): 7-53.
The first part of this work is the author’s personal narrative. Lester, Elenore. The Library also has an edition in Swedish under the title, Med Raoul Wallenberg i Budapest: Minnen Från Krigsåren i Ungern, and in Hungarian under the title, Raoul Wallenberggel Budapesten: Visszaemlekezesek a Haborus Evek Magyarorszagara. (D 809 .S8 W325 1982) [Find in a library near you]. Briefly summarizes Wallenberg’s rescue efforts, as well as his mysterious disappearance, while examining the activities of a handful of those declared to be “Righteous Among the Nations.” (See particularly pages 637-638.) Ask at the reference desk to see the subject file labeled “Wallenberg, Raoul” containing newspaper and periodical articles. A biography of Wallenberg written by an award-winning journalist and author, and based on interviews with Wallenberg’s family members, friends, and colleagues.
Letters and Dispatches, 1924-1944. Describes the author’s post-war involvement in Wallenberg remembrance activities and organizations.
Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Teo Zetterman said the ministry has to 'look at the information to see what it contains in order to make a decision on what we can do'. Analyzes materials from American, Hungarian, Swedish, and Soviet sources concerning his disappearance and efforts to locate him. New York: Vantage Press, 1990.
Bronowski, Alexander. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982. The information still has to undergo in-depth verification, but Berger wrote in the letter, 'if indeed confirmed, the news is the most interesting to come out of Russian archives in over 50 years'. (D 809 .S8 W32 1995) [Find in a library near you]. Lost Hero: Raoul Wallenberg’s Dramatic Quest to Save the Jews of Hungary. 'This has to be investigated again. Friedman, Philip. Sets his story in the larger context of pre-war Hungarian antisemitism and post-war Soviet-Western relations. (D 809 .S8 W3265 1992) [Find in a library near you]. Wallenberg's family did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment. Includes a section on Wallenberg (pages 1235-1241) describing his dealings with Eichmann and the historical circumstances in which his rescue efforts took place. ambassador and a Holocaust survivor, is happening now.
But he is not known to have been engaged in intelligence-gathering.
The Congressional Human Rights Caucus hosted a discussion of the latest developments in the research for the truth about the imprisonment and death of Raoul Wallenberg. In 1957 deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko told the Swedish ambassador that the war hero had died of heart failure in Lubyanka prison -- the KGB's headquarters -- in 1947 and was cremated. He was awarded the US Congressional Gold medal in 2012.
The nine pages concerning Wallenberg outline his work as part of the rescue efforts by the Swedish government.
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Los Angeles: Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, 1986. With the support of the World Jewish Congress and the American War Refugee Board, the Swedish Foreign Ministry sent Wallenberg to Budapest in July 1944 to help protect the 200,000 Jews who remained in the capital. Includes a foreword and postscript by Per Anger. “With no unambiguous proof that Wallenberg died on July 17, 1947, and only circumstantial evidence that he may have died some time later, and numerous unresolved witness testimonies stating that Wallenberg was alive in later years, how can Mr. Khristoforov exclude the possibility that Wallenberg did not survive as a secret inmate?” asked Berger. They also rented 32 buildings in the city, which they declared Swedish diplomatic institutions and where they hid some 10,000 people. Righteous Gentile: The Story of Raoul Wallenberg, Missing Hero of the Holocaust. Chronicles Wallenberg’s rescue efforts during the last days of the Holocaust in Budapest. The FSB Should Open Up the Wallenberg Files.
Based completely on original sources presented in the files of Yad Vashem. Includes links to other Museum resources on the subject. New York: Macmillan, 1990. New York: The American Jewish Committee, 2001.
He was arrested the day after the Soviet Red Army seized the city, along with his Hungarian driver Vilmos Langfelder.
Raoul Wallenberg: One Man Against Nazi Terror.