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November 2009

The Fight of Their Lives

    By Susanne Berger Judisk Krönika, November 2009
    Independent consultant to the Swedish Russian Working Group on the fate of Raoul Wallenberg (1991-2001)

    When Raoul Wallenberg disappeared into the Soviet Union in January 1945, his parents, Maj and Fredrik von Dardel, began a desperate, three decade long struggle to save their son. A closer reading of Fredrik’s diary – a meticuluous chronicle of the couple’s efforts – shows the enormous obstacles they faced. Surprisingly many of these remain stubbornly in place today.