Download or read book With Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest written by Per Anger and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Raoul Wallenberg written by Ingrid Carlberg and published by MacLehose Press. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honorary citizen of the United States and Canada, and designated as one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg was a modest envoy to Hungary whose heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless Jewish lives, and ultimately cost him his own. A series of unlikely coincidences led to the appointment of Wallenberg, by trade a poultry importer, as Sweden's Special Envoy to Budapest in 1944. With remarkable bravery, Wallenberg created a system of protective passports, and sheltered thousands of desperate Jews in buildings he claimed were Swedish libraries and research institutes. As the war drew to a close, his invaluable work almost complete, Wallenberg voluntarily went to meet with the Soviet troops who were relieving the city. Arrested as a spy, Wallenberg disappeared into the depths of the Soviet system, never to be seen again. In this definitive biography, noted journalist Ingrid Carlberg has carried out unprecedented research into all elements of Wallenberg's life, narrating with vigor and insight the story of a heroic life, and navigating with wisdom and sensitivity the truth about his disappearance and death.
Download or read book With Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest Med Raoul Wallenberg i Budapest engl Memories of the war years in Hungary written by Per Anger and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hero of Budapest written by Bengt Jangfeldt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Raoul Wallenberg - the Swedish businessman who, at immense personal risk, rescued many of Budapest's Jews from the Holocaust and subsequently disappeared into the Soviet prison system - is one of the most fascinating episodes of World War II. Yet the complete story of his life and fate can only be told now - and for the first time in this book - following access to the Russian and Swedish archival sources, previously not used. Born into a wealthy Swedish family, Wallenberg was a moderately successful businessman when he was recruited by the War Refugee Board to manage the rescue mission of thousands of Hungarian Jews. Once in Budapest, he created and distributed so called 'protective passports' (or Schutz-Pass) among the Jewish population, thus managing to save up to 8,000 people. Through the 'safe houses' and clandestine networks that he established around the city, many thousands more were saved from the concentration camps. Yet, when Budapest was liberated by the Red Army in January 1945, Wallenberg was arrested and taken to Moscow. One of the reasons for his arrest was that the Soviets could not understand the nature of his mission: formally he was a Swedish diplomat but he worked for an American agency. On the basis of previously unseen Soviet sources, Jangfeldt has been able to reconstruct the events surrounding Wallenberg's arrest almost hour by hour and, for the first time, he presents a highly plausible theory about the reasons why Wallenberg was arrested and what happened to him after he disappeared. With access to previously unpublished material, Bengt Jangfeldt provides the first complete account of Wallenberg's life - from his childhood in Sweden to his disappearance in a Russian jail - and sheds important new light on one of the greatest heroes of World War II. This is a thrilling tale of intrigue, espionage and heroism which will captivate all readers of modern European history.
Download or read book Wallenberg written by Kati Marton and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fearless young Swede whose efforts saved countless Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann, Raoul Wallenberg was one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Eu-rope. He left a life of privilege and, against staggering odds, brought hope to those who had been abandoned by the rest of the world. Here is the gripping, passionately written biography of the courageous man who displayed extraordinary humanity during one of history's darkest periods.
Download or read book Raoul Wallenberg written by Ingrid Carlberg and published by MacLehose Press. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives, and ultimately cost him his own. A series of unlikely coincidences led to the appointment of Wallenberg, by trade a poultry importer, as Sweden's Special Envoy to Budapest in 1944. With remarkable bravery, Wallenberg created a system of protective passports, and sheltered thousands of desperate Jews in buildings he claimed were Swedish libraries and research institutes. As the war drew to a close, his invaluable work almost complete, Wallenberg voluntarily went to meet with the Soviet troops who were relieving the city. Arrested as a spy, Wallenberg disappeared into the depths of the Soviet system, never to be seen again. For this seminal biography, Ingrid Carlberg has carried out unprecedented research into all elements of Wallenberg's life, narrating with vigour and insight the story of a heroic life, and navigating with wisdom and sensitivity the truth about his disappearance and death. Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg
Download or read book Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest written by Paul Ansel Levine and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: diplomatic correspondence, this study provides a richer and more nuanced picture of this fascinating burgenerally misunderstood figure. Though not a biography, Wallenberg's up-bringing is explored, with the motives and goals for his mission analysed. This study replaces the one-dimensional caricature which has long dominated the public's view of Wallenberg with a more complicated individual who made history during the Holocaust." "Levine also explores how the many myths about Wallenberg and his mission have played a significant role in distorting both the public's understanding of him, and of how he actually worked to assist and save thousands of Jews. Rather than being an 'angel of rescue', as he is some times referred to, Wallenberg was a very real man whose status as a Swedish diplomat was more crucial to his ability to act than his own motivations. Often referred to as an archetypical 'altruisric personality', this study demonstrates that Wallenberg was hardly a --
Download or read book Child of the Winds written by Agnes Adachi and published by Agnes Adachi. This book was released on 1989 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of a Hungarian Jew. Pp. 1-50 relate her experiences during World War II. She was granted an emergency Swedish passport after the German takeover of Hungary in 1944, and worked with Raoul Wallenberg (and the Swedish Red Cross) until her illness in December 1944. Describes Wallenberg's many-faceted rescue efforts which she witnessed.
Download or read book Raoul Wallenberg written by Tom Streissguth and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1935, Swede Raoul Wallenberg graduated from the University of Michigan. He returned to Sweden, but soon World War II erupted. Sweden remained neutral during the war, which enabled Wallenberg to travel as a salesman throughout Europe. Because of his brilliant command of languages and Swedish citizenship, Wallenberg was chosen to work for the U.S. War Refugee Board in Hungary. His mission was to rescue Jews in Budapest from the Nazis and their monstrous death camps. This volume’s gripping narrative transports readers to the turbulent last days of the war, when Wallenberg’s heroic actions helped to save thousands of Jews.
Download or read book Raoul Wallenberg i Budapest written by Paul A. Levine and published by Svenska Historiska Media Förlag AB. This book was released on 2015-02-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: »Ovanligt klar och utan onödigheter… Levine har gett oss en lärdom.« Östgöta Correspondenten »Ett vederhäftigt och banbrytande arbete som säkerligen kommer att skapa debatt och generera många nya forskningsuppslag.« Nerikes Allehanda »Boken är mycket intressant och känns viktig och nödvändig.« Gotlands Allehanda Välskriven bok som ger en ny, stundtals överraskande och genomgående nyanserad bild av den svenske diplomaten Raoul Wallenberg! Raoul Wallenberg är en av Förintelsens hjältar, som har hyllats för sina insatser i Buda¬pest 1944. Paul A. Levine, docent i historia vid Uppsala universitet, har under 20 års tid forskat kring Wallenberg och svensk diplomati under Förintelsen. Här river han hål på ett antal myter om en människa vars symboliska kraft levt kvar decennier efter hans försvinnande. I denna nyanserade skildring av vad Wallenberg lyckades uträtta under sina sex korta månader på historiens stora scen tonas hjältestatusen ned, men läsaren får en rikare bild av honom som person. Raul Wallenbergs insatser för att hjälpa och rädda judar under Förintelsen har beundrats av miljoner människor världen över. Postumt har han erhållit hedersmedborgarskap i flera länder, han står som staty i många städer i världen och han har fått ge namn åt både aka-demiska institutioner, skolor, parker och gator. De sex månader Wallenberg tillbringade i det hårt drabbade Budapest under krigsslutet var dramatiska. Han och hans kolleger hjälpte många tusen fler judar än den betydligt mer berömde Oskar Schindler. Men de flesta böcker om Wallenberg har en tendens att glorifiera honom snarare än att skildra den verkliga historien. SAGT OM BOKEN This is the first major evaluation of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the most enigmatic and admired figures of World War II, Paul Levines investigation of the man behind the myth is well-documented, balanced and extremely well written. His book demonstrates that de-mystifying legends about those who saved souls during the Holocaust only highlights their true heroism by placing it within its historical and human context. Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund, Distinguished Professor of European Historiy, Brown University This book is a detailed study of a much written about and much misunderstood man: it has the great merit of asking penetrating questions, and producing unexpected and in many ways disturbing answers. Sir Martin Gilbert, Historian
Download or read book Raoul Wallenberg written by Sharon Linnea and published by Jewish Publication Society of America. This book was released on 1993 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the Swedish diplomat who saved Hungarian Jews during World War II and then mysteriously disappeared after the Russians occupied Budapest.
Download or read book A Man for All Connections written by Andrew Handler and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1996-01-19 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronicle of Raoul Wallenberg's sojourn to Budapest documents his activities at the Swedish Legation and his rescue efforts on behalf of the Jews of Budapest. It is a matter of record that Wallenberg's mission was designed by compassionate and desperate men in Sweden and elsewhere. Less well known is the fact that the misson was activated and sustained by various representatives of the Hungarian state apparatus whose cooperation Wallenberg regularly sought and often received. The author, one of the former hidden children in Hungary, believes that without the official and covert aid of such individuals, Wallenberg's activities would have been confined to a series of efforts with little or no success.
Download or read book The Power of Humanity written by Szabolcs Szita and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters and Dispatches 1924 1944 written by Raoul Wallenberg and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few figures in our century have been as revered as Raoul Wallenberg, who saved over 100,000 Jews from Nazi death camps. From the letters he wrote as a student in America, through to his last dispatches from Budapest, where he engaged in his historic mission, here, in his own words, is Raoul Wallenberg. 8-page photo insert.
Download or read book His Name was Raoul Wallenberg written by Louise Borden and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the inspirational, lesser-known work of a World War II humanitarian who helped save thousands of Jewish citizens in Budapest from Holocaust persecution, describing how he issued protective passports and offered shelter to Jewish refugees in Sweden.
Download or read book Saved to Remember written by Frank J. E. Vajda and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of a Jew who was born in 1935 in Budapest. He survived the Holocaust, along with his mother, living on false papers. His father was killed in Ebensee, Austria. Describes, also, the fate of members of his extended family. Pp. 109-129 discuss Wallenberg's rescue actions in Budapest and Vajda's attempts to discover what happened to Wallenberg afterwards. Today, Vajda is a well-known neurologist in Australia.
Download or read book Raoul Wallenberg written by Michael Nicholson and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the diplomat who saved Hungarian Jews during World War II and mysteriously disappeared after the Russians occupied Budapest.
