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Wallenberg, Raoul - 1912–47, Swedish diplomat and businessman. In 1944, he was assigned to Sweden's legation in Budapest, where he helped save approximately 100,000 Hungarian Jews from Nazi extermination. He issued Swedish passports to approximately 20,000 Jews and sheltered others in houses he bought or rented. Adolf Eichmann, heading the transport of Jews to concentration camps

9 of the Best Books and Articles on: Raoul Wallenberg

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A Man for All Connections: Raoul Wallenberg and the Hungarian State Apparatus, 1944-1945 » Read Now
by Andrew Handler. 125 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

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...
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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.
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Courage to Remember: Interviews on the Holocaust ("Wallenberg Inspires Us to Be Better Human Beings" begins on p. 81) » Read Now
by Kinue Tokudome. 172 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library
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Rescue Operations in Hungary: Myths and Realities, in East European Quarterly » Read Now
by Randolph L. Braham. 30 pgs.

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Letters Paint a Self-Portrait of a Hero as a Young Man, in Insight on the News » Read Now
by Walter Laqueur. 2 pgs.

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How to Prevent Genocide: A Guide for Policymakers, Scholars, and the Concerned Citizen ("The Method of Raoul Wallenberg" begins on p. 123) » Read Now
by John G. Heidenrich. 281 pgs.

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Genocide--the deliberate destruction, usually through mass murder, of an ethnic, racial or religious group--is the ultimate crime against humanity. Drawing upon a wide variety of disciplines, this study assesses ways to prevent this crime. While most books about genocide focus on the history of a...
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Genocide--the deliberate destruction, usually through mass murder, of an ethnic, racial or religious group--is the ultimate crime against humanity. Drawing upon a wide variety of disciplines, this study assesses ways to prevent this crime. While most books about genocide focus on the history of a particular event, such as the Holocaust, or compare case studies to derive empirical theories, this book outlines many practical aspects of genocide prevention.
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Daily Life during the Holocaust (Discussion of Raoul Wallenberg begins on p. 236) » Read Now
by Carol D. Schulz, Eve Nussbaum Soumerai. 322 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Holocaust was a complex and horrifying experience that affected millions of people in Europe. The nearly 13 years of Nazi rule had an enormous influence on the day-to-day existence of people in every walk of life: Jews and non-Jews, perpetrators and rescuers, collaborators and resisters...
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The Holocaust was a complex and horrifying experience that affected millions of people in Europe. The nearly 13 years of Nazi rule had an enormous influence on the day-to-day existence of people in every walk of life: Jews and non-Jews, perpetrators and rescuers, collaborators and resisters, officials and ordinary citizens. Nearly all of Europe's Jews were victims. Students, teachers, and interested readers can explore how the daily lives of these victims, despite their heroic efforts to survive and maintain a normal existence, became increasingly untenable and for most eventually ended in death. Along with the often harrowing details of life under the Nazis, emphasis is placed on uplifting accounts of resistance and the role of rescuers.
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The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews from the Nazis (Discussion of Raoul Wallenberg begins on p. 191) » Read Now
by William D. Rubinstein. 270 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

It has long been argued that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Arguing that this has been consistently misinterpreted, The Myth of Rescue states that few Jews who perished could have been saved by any action of the Allies. In his new introduction to the paperback edition...
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It has long been argued that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Arguing that this has been consistently misinterpreted, The Myth of Rescue states that few Jews who perished could have been saved by any action of the Allies. In his new introduction to the paperback edition, Willliam Rubinstein responds to the controversy caused by his challenging views, and considers further the question of bombing Auschwitz, which remains perhaps the most widely discussed alleged lost opportunity for saving Jews available to the Allies.
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The Holocaust (Discussion of Raoul Wallenberg begins on p. 150) » Read Now
by Jack R. Fischel. 196 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Designed for secondary school and college student research, this work is a readable history and ready-reference guide to the Holocaust based on the most recent scholarship. It provides the reader with an overview of Nazi Germany's attempt to exterminate world Jewry. Fischel, a leading authority on...
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Designed for secondary school and college student research, this work is a readable history and ready-reference guide to the Holocaust based on the most recent scholarship. It provides the reader with an overview of Nazi Germany's attempt to exterminate world Jewry. Fischel, a leading authority on the Holocaust, combines narrative description, analytical essays, a timeline of events, lengthy biographical profiles, and the text of key primary documents relating to the Nazi plan for the "Final Solution" to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of the causative factors and major events and personalities that shaped the Nazi genocide. A glossary of key terms, selected tables, and an annotated bibliography of recommended further reading will aid student research.
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Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust (Discussion of Raoul Wallenberg begins on p. 213) » Read Now
by Gay Block, Malka Drucker. 255 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library