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Parnes, Vera

    Dr. Vera Parnes was born in Mosow, she had a scientific degrees include a Ph.D., Candidate of Medical Studies in the field of Microbiology, a Doctor of Medical Sciences. She was on the first place and inspriring for teaching in schools about Raoul Wallenberg’s struggle for human rights.

    In the 90’s she opened a Raoul Wallenberg museum in Moscow. When she left Soviet union to Canada she founded the Raoul Wallenberg International Movement for Humanity (RWIMH) in San Franscisco and later Montreal. She was also an active fighter for several projects aimed to promote Raoul Wallenberg’s recognition, including the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial and Raoul Wallenberg Square in Montreal, Raoul Wallenberg Day in Canada, and Raoul Wallenberg’s honorary citizenship in Budapest .

    Other projects are a Guide for the Raoul Wallenberg lesson in Canadian schools; a Raoul Wallenberg stamp in Canada, and a Raoul Wallenberg Day in Sweden, Israel, Hungary and Russia. She is a long-term petitioner for Wallenberg’s honorary citizenship in Russia (first suggested in 1990) and Hungary (first suggested in 1994) and is a cofounder (with Jozsef Sebes) of the Hungarian affiliate of RWIMH.


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    1. J’ai rencontré Véra Par nés en France où elle a été reçue par mes parents à Toulouse en 1979.Quand je suis venue en URSS pour enseigner le français à Kharkov elle m’a accueillie chez elle et m’a fait visiter Moscou. C’était une personne rayonnante d’intelligence et de sensibilité

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