Sakharov, Andreï
As a physicist, he had close contacts his collegue Guy von Dardel (Raoul Wallenbergs half brother) . With his wife Elena Bonner they fought to get RW home. They tried to find Raoul, supposedly in a camp near Moscow .…
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Sellem, Denis
President de l’association Edouard Kalifat pour la Recherche Humanitaire (see his website)
Rehabilitation of Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg rehabilitation; Denis Sellem suggested Raoul Wallenberg’s brother, Guy von Dardel to make a request for a rehabilitation in Moscow. Raoul Wallenberg was rehabilitated 2000.
Schult, Tanja
TANJA SCHULT is a researcher at Stockholm University and is working as a freelance curator. She was previously employed at Södertörn University College. Educated in the History of Art and Scandinavian Studies in Erlangen, Lund and Berlin, she completed her PhD in 2007 at Humboldt University, Berlin.
Tenenbaum, Baruch
Founder of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF). The Foundation has a very active website.
Yosef, Eli
Eli Yosef has devoted much of his time to matters related to Raoul Wallenberg. His tireless lobbying with Nathan Sharansky led to 2005 Israel trip with the family’s (Louise von Dardel and Marie Dupuy) visit at the Knesset.
There is a new UN Convention on Disappearances now open for signature.
There is a new UN Convention on Disappearances now open for signature.
Would Russia be willing to become a party? Some of its provision are these:
…”Accurate information on the deprivation of liberty of any person and on his or her whereabouts, including information on any transfer, the identity of those responsible for the deprivation of liberty, and the authority in whose hands the person has been placed, shall be made immediately available to the person’s counsel or to any other persons having a legitimate interest in the information.
The Political Economy of Rescue: The Economic Aspects of the Raoul Wallenberg Case
How a country’s economic interests influence its political decision making, including its human rights policy, is a timely question. While the political aspects of the Raoul Wallenberg case have been discussed at length, its economic dimensions have been largely ignored. There are indications that Swedish business interests came to bear quite significantly in all major phases of the case: Raoul Wallenberg ‘s selection for the humanitarian mission to Budapest; his work in Budapest; and his arrest and imprisonment.
Letter to the Swedish Konstitution Utskottet
Dear Sir, You have requested that the Riksdag’s Comitte on the Constitution examines the case Raoul Wallenberg trhough your email 28th of August 2007. With reference to your letter, I hereby…-> More
Reply from the European Commission
… I note that your letter requests action to be taken by the German President and the German Government. While sympathising with the request that you make, as far as the European Commission is concerned the diseapance of Mr Wallenberg…
Why Raoul Wallenberg Matters
The Ongoing Search for Universal Values
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish businessman who went to Hungary in 1944 to rescue the Jews of Budapest, bears all the hallmarks of a Greek tragedy: Young and idealistic, he fought one totalitarian regime (Nazism) only to fall victim to another (Stalinism). As such, his case seamlessly links the two defining events of the 20th Century, the Holocaust and the Cold War.