In her recently published mammoth work (2) of nearly 800 pages on Raoul Wallenberg, Ingrid Carlberg has a note referring to the important question of Michael Kutuzov-Tolstoy’s letter of authorisation, said to have been issued by the Swedish Minister in…
Stora mängder guld kan ha gjort att Raoul Wallenberg arresterades av Sovjetunionens trupper 1945, menar Rysslandskännaren Bengt Jangfeldt i en ny bok. Men teorin är förenklad, tycker författaren Ingrid Carlberg som nyligen släppt en bok om Wallenberg. Uppgifterna kring Wallenbergs…
När Raoul Wallenberg häktades av Sovjet i Budapest 1945 förde han med sig 15 kilo guld och smycken, värda en förmögenhet. Guldskatten kan förklara varför Sovjet grep honom. Inom UD födde guldet misstro mot Wallenberg. Det kan ha beseglat hans…
Academician Alexander Chubaryan Director The Institute of World History Russian Academy of Sciences Leninsky Prospekt 32a Moscow 119334 Russia Geneva, 11.05. 2012 Dear Mr Chubaryan, We wish to thank you for the invitation we received to attend the special…
Adler-Rudel’s visit to Sweden While Raoul Wallenberg’s detention by the Soviet organs and his final fate in Russian hands still remain matters for speculation , there has, by contrast, been a steady and useful accumulation of material disgorged from non-Russian…
…Indeed, the insistence on the truth about one man marks the starting point in the ongoing struggle to define and protect universal rights for all human beings. Remembrance, too, is vital, but it is not enough on its own. Victims need more than memorials. Wallenberg’s brother, Guy von…
With Russia’s failure to produce conclusive evidence about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg in Soviet captivity, the Swedish Government must continue to press for direct access to essential archives and to locate witnesses who may have factual information about what…
(Revised remarks prepared for the Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario, 17 April 2012) by David Matas This panel is titled “Commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012, Remembrance, Reconciliation, Restitution: Is there a way to right the…
World exclusive, previously unknown photograph of Raoul Wallenberg.
Hittills okända uppgifter visar att Raoul Wallenbergs resa till Budapest 1944 föregicks av nära kontakter med antinazistiska, västvänliga och judiska kretsar i Ungern, något som i efterhand tonades ned av oro för sovjetiska misstankar.