Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust

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Ingrid Carlberg Kofi Annan

Raoul Wallenberg

The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust

Ingrid Carlberg, Kofi Annan

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Headline
09 February 2016

Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; European history; The Holocaust; Second World War

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.

By: Ingrid Carlberg
Introduction by: Kofi Annan
Imprint: Headline
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: UK Airports
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 48mm
Weight: 892g
ISBN: 9780857053299
ISBN 10: 0857053299
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 09 February 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ingrid Carlberg is a journalist and a writer. She was a journalist at the major Swedish daily newspaper, Dagens Nyheter for 20 years. Her first book, The Pill, won her an honorary doctorate in medicine at Uppsala University for its analysis of the impact of antidepressants.

Reviews for Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust

A truly fascinating, subtle and revelatory portrait of this enigmatic character and perhaps the closest any historian has got to the real man and the truth of his fate -- Simon Sebag Montefiore