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Swedish People of World War Ii: Folke Bernadotte, Raoul Wallenberg, Ture Nerman, Zarah Leander, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-28.
ISBN 9781157142294
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Folke Bernadotte, Raoul Wallenberg, Ture Nerman, Zarah Leander, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Birger Dahlerus, Per Albin Hansson, Per Anger, Jane Horney, Harald Edelstam, Karin Lannby, Torgny Segerstedt, Olof Thörnell, Israel Holmgren, Carl Aschan, Dagmar Kronstedt. Excerpt: Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 July 17, 1947?) was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives. On January 17, 1945, he was arrested in Budapest by the Soviets after they wrested control of the city from the Germans, and was reported to have died in March. The exact circumstances of his death have long been in dispute. In 1957, the Soviets claimed that Wallenberg had actually died of a heart attack in 1947 at the age of 35. There had been reports, however, from prisoners in the same facility, that he was seen alive long past 1947. In 1991, Vyacheslav Nikonov was assigned by the Russian government to find out the truth; he concluded that Wallenberg did indeed die in 1947, executed while a prisoner at Lubyanka. In a letter sent to the von Dardel family and later published at Associated Press reported in April 2010, that newly discovered evidence shows "with great likelihood" that Wallenberg was alive after the date the Soviets claimed he died. Wallenberg has been honored numerous times. He is an honorary citizen of the United States, Canada, Hungary and Israel. Israel has also designated Wallenberg one of the Righteous among the Nations. Monuments have been dedicated to him, and streets have been named after him throughout the world. A Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the Unit... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=171653
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