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About the truth being a monument more durable than marble

    Talk about Raoul Wallenberg, Buenos Aires, 1998-11-17

    On behalf of my brother Raoul Wallenberg and our family I would like to thank the Argentinian authorities, Casa Argentina, and all the groups and individuals who took the initiative and realised the beautiful monument we see before us. We are grateful and proud to see Raoul remembered this way. I also speak on behalf of the thousands who lives were saved by Raoul Wallenberg and his colleagues in Budapest.

    I am deeply touched by the interest hi case still attracts in a distant country, after half a century.

    It is necessary that we always remember. Remembrance enables us to learn from the past and it is my hope that coming generations will be  inspired by Raoul Wallenberg’s deeds and accomplishments. Perhaps most of all it is the spirit of his actions that we should remember and that we celebrate today. Raoul Wallenberg and those who worked with him showed all of us what it means to take responsibility personally. Personal committment, combined with utter determination and resourcefulness are what made Raoul Wallenberg’s efforts so effective.

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    Russia closes book on Wallenberg, saviour of Jews

      Thursday, December 4, 1997 Published at 07:51 GMT

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      Raoul Wallenberg: saved thousands of Jews from Nazis

      Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov has said the Russians have done everything possible to discover the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazi holocaust.

      Wallenberg disappeared in 1945 after being arrested by occupying Soviet troops. He was aged 32.

      Mr Primakov, for the first time, described Wallenberg’s arrest as “criminal”. But he said there was no reason to doubt that Wallenberg died in a Moscow prison in 1947 of a heart attack.

      Many people, including his family, question the official version of his fate. There were a number of unsubstantiated reports of sightings of Wallenberg into the 1970s. This led to the belief that he may have survived.

      If he were alive now, he would be 85. But another suspicion is that he may eventually have been executed by Soviet security forces.

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      Jeltsins statsbesök

        Uttalande av presstalesmannen Jastrzjembskij om Raoul Wallenberg Översänder närslutet ITAR-TASS-telegram som återger uttalanden igår av presidentens presstalesman Sergej Jastrzjembskij om Raoul Wallenberg. Jastrzjembskij tolkar utgången av samtalen mellan Jeltsin och statministern som att frågan om Raoul Wallenbergs öde inte längre är… 

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        Raoul Wallenberg’s Odysse

          Article in russia written by the former head of the Special Archives Anatoly Prokopienko. Raoul Wallenberg’s half brother, Guy von Dardel had many contacts with Anatoly Prokopienko at that time. >More

          The Last Word on Wallenberg? New Investigations, New Questions

            Why the Wallenberg Arrest: The Puzzle

            Would the release on January 12, 2001, of the findings of the two separate sections of the Swedish-Russian Working Group make the Wallenberg mystery less “curiouser”? Would it help solve the two questions that had been central from the beginning: Why was Raoul Wallenberg detained in the first place? What ultimately happened to him?

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            Adjö, herr Wallenberg

              I den omfattande dokumentsamlingen om Raoul Wallenberg har hans halvbror, Guy von Dardel, nyligen gatt igenom materialet fran aren 1944-1945. Doumenten visar att svenska UD omedelbart underrättades om att Sovjet tzgit hand om Raoul Wallenberg men att det dröjde mer… 

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              The Angel Was a Spy

                New evidence: Sweden’s Raoul Wallenberg was a U.S. espionage asset For five decades, mystery has blanketed key parts of the remarkable story of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved at least 20,000 Hungarian Jews from the Nazis. U.S. intelligence… 

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