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Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
Ingrid Carlberg
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Description for Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
Paperback. The definitive biography of one of the great heroes of the Second World War Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives, and ultimately cost him his own. A series of unlikely coincidences led to the appointment of Wallenberg, by trade a poultry importer, as Sweden's Special Envoy to Budapest in 1944. With remarkable bravery, Wallenberg created a system of protective passports, and sheltered thousands of desperate Jews in buildings he claimed were Swedish libraries and research institutes. As the war drew to a ... Read more
An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives, and ultimately cost him his own. A series of unlikely coincidences led to the appointment of Wallenberg, by trade a poultry importer, as Sweden's Special Envoy to Budapest in 1944. With remarkable bravery, Wallenberg created a system of protective passports, and sheltered thousands of desperate Jews in buildings he claimed were Swedish libraries and research institutes. As the war drew to a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848665965
SKU
V9781848665965
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Ref
99-50
About Ingrid Carlberg
Ingrid Carlberg is a Swedish author and journalist. Her book about the life and destiny of Raoul Wallenberg was awarded the August Prize for best work of non-fiction 2012. Her biography was also awarded the Swedish Academy's Axel Hirsch Prize in 2013. Ingrid Carlberg worked at the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter from 1990 to 2010, specializing in investigative ... Read more
Reviews for Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
Ingrid Carlberg has written what must be the definitive biography of Wallenberg
Glyn Ford
Tribune
Absorbing, masterful ... a riveting biography of a remarkable man
Kirkus Review
A fresh and forensic portrait of Raoul Wallenberg ... Carlberg has unearthed a staggering amount of detail
Monica Porter
Jewish Chronicle
Authoritative and ... Read more
Glyn Ford
Tribune
Absorbing, masterful ... a riveting biography of a remarkable man
Kirkus Review
A fresh and forensic portrait of Raoul Wallenberg ... Carlberg has unearthed a staggering amount of detail
Monica Porter
Jewish Chronicle
Authoritative and ... Read more