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“R. Wallenberg Fate” with A. Prokopenko

    In the Moscow studio were Anatoly Prokopenko, former chairman of the Special Section of the State Central Archives of USSR; Ilia Altman, Director of the society “Holocaust”.

    The title of the session was “Raoul Wallenberg’s fate” and the parties agree that more needs to be done in order to ascertain the fate and whereabouts of the Swedish hero.

    Anatoly Prokopenko remarked “And as you know the Commission included people from the KGB, as it was called then.

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    Hur sjönk “Sten Sture”?

      Den 25 januari 1947 försvann det svenska handelsskeppet S/S ”Sten Sture”. Fartyget hade levererat malm till Gdansk och var destinerad till Helsingborg med last av kol. Ombord fanns minst 18 besättningsmän, bland dem sjökapten Gösta Rudnert.

      Det förmodades under alla år att fartyget förlist nordost om Bornholm efter att ha seglat på en mina. Stewarden Manfred Jönssons kropp flöt i land på Bornholm i april 1947. Den övriga besättningen förmodades också ha drunknat, och inga övriga undersökningar genomfördes.
      I februari 1948 försvann ytterligare två svenska fartyg utanför Gdansk, ”Kinnekulle” och ”Iwan”, med totalt 18 personer ombord.Medan bara vrakdelar påträffades av ”Iwan” återfanns ”Kinnekulle” flytande men tom på danskt vatten.

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      Responses of the Central Archive of the Russian FSB on the questions of experts S. Berger and B. Birstein in the case of Raoul Wallenberg

        Google translation from russia:
        Embassy of Sweden
        Moscow
        Chief of the Central Archives of the Russian FSB
        Mr. A. Trambitskomu
        MoscowRegarding the responses of the Central Archive of the Russian FSB on the experts’ questions
        C. Berger and B. Birshtein in the case of Raoul Wallenberg
        Dear Trambitsky!
        I hereby wish to thank the Central Archive of the Russian Federal Security Service, through you for the informative material, including answers to questions by experts C. Berger and B. Birshtein and conclusions of the archive in the case of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish side of the transmitted № 581 from November 2, 2009. At present, our experts continue to analyze the material. Mrs. Berger is going to Moscow next spring.
        We read with great interest the responses of the FSB, especially with what is said about the use of the term “held” in connection with several key interrogation in July 1947, as well as very high probability that the prisoner number 7, which questioned 22 and 23 July , was Raoul Wallenberg.
        If this hypothesis is confirmed, it will be a new, almost sensational fact to determine the fate of Wallenberg, given the importance that is still attached to the day of 17 July 1947, which is dated as Abakumov letter to Molotov on Wallenberg, and report Smoltsova.
        The Russian side proceeds from the fact that July 17 is the date of death of Wallenberg, the Swedish side also believes that in this day there have been developments of decisive importance for the fate of Wallenberg.
        It is therefore imperative to find more information about what events might have occurred during the 17 to 23 July, and, above all, to get an opportunity to discuss what can be done on this issue.
        Mr Trambitsky, would be very grateful for your recommendations for further action.Sincerely,

        Thomas Bertelman,
        Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
        Ambassador of Sweden to the Russian Federation

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        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.

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          Letter to 10 Presidents and Prime Ministers

            Your Excellencies, Some of you may be aware of our ongstanding correspojndance with the Europeen Parliament (copies enclosed) and your governments. For your information, with reference to the Russian government’s position on the Wallenberg case, the Russian government has officially rehabilitated Raoul Wallenberg… -> More

            The Thorny Truth

              On August 28 Dr. Guy von Dardel, Raoul Wallenberg’s maternal half-brother, died peacefully in Geneva, Switzerland, having just reached his 90th birthday. On September 3, at a simple but elegant ceremony at the Eglise Evangelique, von Dardel’s notable contributions were celebrated in a heartfelt eulogy. However, his death received little coverage in his native Sweden, despite his membership in the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and previous position as Professor of Physics at Lund University.

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