Posts Tagged: Raoul Wallenberg
Acts of Heroism and Compassion: Lessons From the Holocaust
JNS.org - Although memory begins around the age of two and a half, it lasts only about two months in adults, where non-emotional events and...
Jewish Groups, Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Pay Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg
Jewish groups, political leaders, and descendants of Holocaust survivors paid tribute on Sunday to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during...
Sweden Allocates $1.1 Million for Creation of Country’s First Holocaust Museum
i24 News - The Swedish government has allocated $1.1 million to an organization tasked with opening the country's first Holocaust museum. The Culture Ministry said last...
Head of Raoul Wallenberg Center: Official Declaration of Disappeared Swedish Diplomat’s Death Must Not Obscure Real Fate of Holocaust Hero
The announcement that Sweden’s tax authority has formally pronounced Raoul Wallenberg dead “should not obscure the main issue that his family has been pursuing for...
The Unfinished Business of Russia and Raoul Wallenberg
In 1990, Russian President Boris Yeltsyn did something quite unusual for the Soviet and post-Soviet ruler: he admitted the guilt of the Soviet regime in the massacre...
In Dark Times, Remember Wallenberg
It has been a dark January. Thus far, 2015 has brought tragic and infuriating terrorism, anti-Semitism, and assaults on liberty in France; a car bomb in...
SWC: Raoul Wallenberg Saved 100,000 Jews From Nazi Gas Chambers, Why Can’t Swedish Authorities Protect 700 Jewish Citizens?
Jewish human rights group The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday asked how famed humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg could have saved 100,000 Jews from Nazi gas chambers,...
JDC to Honor Christian-Jewish Aid Group’s Leader for Humanitarian Service
JNS.org - One humanitarian group will honor the leader of another on May 20, when the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) presents Rabbi...
Sochi Olympics: Remembering Sergei Magnitsky
On the eve of the Sochi Olympics, over 200 writers from around the world - including Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, and Russian novelist Lyudmila Ulitskaya -...
Righteous Gentile Raoul Wallenberg to Have Street Named After Him in Brooklyn
December 9th in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn will be a day to commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat whose efforts during the Second...
Israeli Group Calls on Sweden to Help Solve Case of Raoul Wallenberg
The Raoul Wallenberg Honorary Citizen Committee, based in Israel, has sent a letter to the Swedish government, asking them to issue a yellow notice -...
Raoul Wallenberg’s American Connection
This summer's international celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Holocaust rescuer Raoul Wallenberg (Aug. 4) began June 26 with a symposium at...
Budapest: Bloodied Pigs Tied to Statue of Swedish Hero to Jews
A statue of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who rescued thousands of Jews from the Nazis in Hungary during World War II, was vandalized in...
Serious Tone Dominates 2012 JCRC-NY Congressional Breakfast
The annual Jewish Community Relations Council Congressional Breakfast is an opportunity for members of the New York Congressional Delegation to break bread...
