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Korey, William
Author to 3 books about Raoul Wallenberg
Lajos, Attila
Made his doctor’s dissertation at Växjö University (Sweden) about Raoul Wallenberg activities during his period in Budapest. Is now associate professor in history at the faculty for culture and society, Global Political Studies in Malmö University, Sweden. Published: “Raoul Wallenberg 1912-2012 and…
Lantos, Tom and Annette
Tom Lantos was a US Congressman. He sought refuge in a safe house established by Raoul Wallenberg. His wife Annette was also saved by Raoul Wallenberg. They were very active for the US Honory Citizenship for Raoul Wallenberg.
Levine, Paul
Assistant professor of history in the program for Holocaust and genocide studies at Sweden’s Uppsala University and is writing a book about Raoul Wallenberg.
Lucki, Simone
Le Parlement européen a adopté jeudi à l’unanimité une résolution demandant à l’Union soviétique de rouvrir le «dossier Raoul Wallenberg» et de mettre toutes ses archives à la disposition d’une commission internationale d’historiens et d’experts. Cette demande s’est faite par adoption à l’unanimité d’une résolution introduite au nom des chrétiens-démocrates, des libéraux et des socialistes. Cette résolution avait été déposée à l’insistance de Simone Lucki, présidente du «comité Wallenberg-Belgique».
Childhood and holocaust in Budapest 1944-1945
My testimony
Susan Winter Memory in Budapest (english)
Susan Winter Memory in Budapest (hungarian)
I will attempt to write down what happened to me and my family between 1944-1945. I am not sure I will succeed because I don’t know what are my own memories and what I recall because of what others told me.
On March 19, 1944 the Germans entered Hungary, rather Budapest, where I lived with my parents and grandparents. The same morning my father went to Eastern Train Terminal (Keleti P‡lyaudvar) to buy tickets for my mother and I to go to Di—szeg, which is today part of Romania, but at the time belonged to Hungary. He thought that it may be easier to survive in a small place than in a large city.
Tom Veres, the photograph of the Hungarian holocaust
Born 1923, Budapest, Hungary
After the Germans occupied Hungary in 1944, Tom was ordered to work in labor camps and factories. He escaped after a few months and decided to contact the Swedish legation, where he met Raoul Wallenberg in October 1944. Tom stayed in Budapest and, using his training in photography, became active in Wallenberg’s efforts to rescue the Jews of Budapest. He made copies of and took photographs for protective passes (Schutzpaesse), and documented deportations.
Frank Vajda distributing schutzpasses
“We were lined up in front of a machine gun near a wall and we were standing there for a long time… then some people appeared and I was told later that it was Raoul Wallenberg and his team.”Marianne Vaney:…
Nanna Swarz
Nanna Swarz was convinced that Raoul Wallenberg was still alive in 1970 and was very bitter over how the Swedish Government handled the Raoul Wallenberg case. She had met several witnesses who had seen Raoul Wallenberg. She says Raoul Walenberg was in a mental hospital in Moscow in 1961 and in later years in other places in URSS.