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Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945) [note 1] [1] was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian.He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian fascists during the later stages of World War II.
Wallenberg was posthumously awarded the Train Foundation's Civil Courage Prize, which recognizes "extraordinary heroes of conscience". [43] On 26 July 2012, Wallenberg was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress "in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust". [44]
Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 – ?) was a hero of the Holocaust who saved 100,000 Jews in Budapest, Hungary from Nazi deportation. Creation of the RWIMH [ edit ]
The former home of a World War II hero credited with saving thousands of Jews during the Holocaust may face the wrecking ball to make room for more dorms at the University of Michigan.
The Raoul Wallenberg Emlékpark (memory park) in the rear courtyard of the Dohány Street Synagogue holds the Memorial of the Hungarian Jewish Martyrs — at least 400,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered by the Nazis. [1] Made by Imre Varga, it resembles a weeping willow whose leaves bear inscriptions with the names of victims.
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC television film starring Richard Chamberlain about Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who was instrumental in saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust. The film was nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards (winning four) and a Golden Globe Award (for Richard Chamberlain).
Jan. 27 marks both International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. More than seven decades after the unspeakable tragedies occurred, the world ...
Britain's Nicholas "Nicky" Winton helped hundreds of children escape the Nazis during World War II — a tale told by director James Hawes with moving restraint.