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BOOK
Title Raoul Wallenberg : the biography / Ingrid Carlberg ; with an introduction by Kofi Annan ; translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg
Imprint London : MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Editions Limited, 2017
©2015

Edition Paperback edition
Descript 672 sidor illustrations, portraits, facsimilies 20 cm
Note First published in the Swedish language as "Det står ett rum här och väntar på dig ..." : berättelsen om Raoul Wallenberg by Norstedts, Stockholm in 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 Swedish
Subject Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
1939-1945 (andra världskriget)
1939-1945
Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947
Förintelsen
Diplomater
Judar
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Hungary -- Budapest
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Hungary -- Budapest
Diplomats -- Hungary -- Biography
Diplomats -- Sweden -- Biography
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Hungary
Diplomats.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Hungary -- Budapest -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Rescue -- Hungary.
Diplomats -- Sweden -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Hungary.
Ungern
Ungern -- Budapest
Hungary.
Sweden.
Hungary -- Budapest.
Biografier
Biographies.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
World War (1939-1945)
Dawit Isaak-biblioteket
Classmark 940.531835092
Alt Auth Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Segerberg, Ebba
Cover title Raoul Wallenberg : the man who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
ISBN/ISSN 9781848665965 Pocket
1848665962
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