New documentary film on Raoul Wallenberg’s faith
¨The film ¨Raoul Wallenberg¨ is shown in two parts; The Young Years¨ and ¨Missing Inaction¨. https://www.svtplay.se/video/8ZxAvw3/raoul-wallenberg/2-missing-in-action
Background
01. Introduction about Raoul Wallenberg
Text written by Christopher Gann In Budapest in mid 1944 a major rescue mission began to protect the endangered Jewish community. The rescue mission “Budapest Jews“ was carried out by a group of individuals who personally took responsibility for various…
02. Childhood and Youth
Raoul Wallenberg was born on August 4, 1912, in Stockholm. His father died of cancer three months before Raoul was born. Raouls mother and his grandfather, Gustaf Wallenberg, took charge of Raouls education. Gustaf Wallenberg had been a diplomat in Japan, China…
03. Raoul Wallenberg; University and Training:
From 1931 to 1935, Raoul Wallenberg studied architecture in Michigan, USA.He then spent some time in Capetown and Haifa. Here he began to train as a banker. His grandfather would have liked to have seen Raoul follow in the family tradition and become a banker. The Wallenberg family was Sweden´s best known banking family. Raoul discovered early enough that banking was not for him. In a letter to his grandfather Raoul writes: “To tell you the truth, I don´t find myself very bankerisch. … My temperament is better suited to some positive line of work than to sitting around saying no.“
It was in Palestine that Raoul first made contact with the „Hitler-Germany-Refugees“. Here he found out about the Jewish persecution in Germany. Wallenberg returned to Stockholm
04. Hungary 1933-1944
Hungarys Relationship To NS-Germany: In 1933 Hungary looked twords Germany for direction, Hitler was chancellor. The Trianon Peace Treaty saw Hungary lose two thirds of its territory and up 60% of its population. In 1920 Admiral Miklos Horthy was elected…
05. Jews in Hungary
History Of The Jews In Hungary till 1933 In the third century Jews lived in the region we know now as Hungary. Following the first world war and the resultant collapse of the monarchy coupled with the effects of the…
06. Jews under German Occupation:
Horthy meets Hitler In March 1942, following severe anti-Jewish incidents, a new prime minister came to power. Miklos Kallay oppose successfully the deportation plan which was demanded by the Germans. In April 1943, Horthy met Hitler and von Ribbentrop in…
07. The Extermination
Deportation, Auschwitz: End of April 1944, Adolf Eichmann organized the first deportation of Jews from Hungary. From the middle of the May four groups daily, each concisting of 3.000 Jews, started for Auschwitz. By the 9th of July the…
08. Plans to Help Hungary´s Jews:
The Foundation Of The “War Refugee Board“ Until 1944 the Allies played no active part in the fate of the European Jewish Community. In January 1944 th „War Refugee Board“ was funded by U.S. president Roosevelt. The board was also…
09. Wallenberg Appointed to Diplomatic Corp.:
Raoul Wallenberg proposed some new demands. The prime minister agreed to his demands. Wallenbergs appointment to the Diplomatic Corp. Filled him with pride: “When a Wallenberg is chosen to serve his country abroad, it is his duty to live up…