CITY OF LA PLATA HONORS WALLENBERG
A bust of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat and savior of thousands of lives during the Holocaust was unveiled in La Plata, Argentina, on October 23. The ceremony was led by Mayor Oscar Pablo Bruera, accompanied by Eduardo Eurnekian and Baruch Tenembaum, who donated the bust to the city. The tribute act which took place in the centenary year of the birth of “Hero without Tomb”, was held at the intersection of 51 and 10, and was attended by ambassadors Charlotte Wrangberg of Sweden and Dorit Shavit of Israel.
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TRANSATLANTIC PANEL IN MEMORY OF RAOUL WALLENBERG
“The transformation of the memory-a Jewish perspective” is a transatlantic panel broadcast live on October 28 between representatives in Stockholm and New York City in memory of Raoul Wallenberg. The panel was organized by the 92Y in cooperation with the Association for Jewish Culture in Sweden. The IRWF was one of the sponsors of the event. Group members participated in a debate on the theme of memory in their literary and artistic works. New York panelists were Alex Kershaw and Daniel Mendelsohn. Stockholm Panelists were Etgar Keret, Georg Klein, Hilde Schramm and Lars Dencik moderator. Opening remarks were made by Secretary General of the United Nations Jan Eliasson.
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RAOUL WALLENBERG’S CENTENARY COMMEMORATED IN STRASBOURG
A memorial ceremony in honor of Raoul Wallenberg followed by the inauguration of an exhibition took place on October 2nd at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Speeches were delivered by the Swedish Minister for Integration, Mr. Erik Ullenhag, Mrs. Louise von Dardel, Wallenberg’s niece, Mr. Márton Braun, Chairman of the Hungarian parliamentary delegation and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland who announced the launching of a Raoul Wallenberg prize.
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REMEMBERING RAOUL WALLENBERG AND LIVES SAVED, LONDON, UK
To mark the 100th anniversary of Raoul Wallenberg’s birth, The Wiener Library in London hosted an exhibition that tells four extraordinary stories of rescue during the Holocaust. Raoul Wallenberg used his diplomatic powers to house families in safe-houses in Budapest, while the Berlin department store owner Wilfrid Israel arranged for his Jewish staff to flee Germany and continued to pay their salaries even after the Nazis had closed his business.
The exhibit is on view from October 4, 2012 to February 15, 2013
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ARTICLE – USING RAOUL WALLENBERG TO UNITE THE EU
From an article published in the Moscow Times by George Soros:
“Wallenberg was a hero who saved the lives of many Jews in my home city of Budapest by establishing Swedish safe houses. During the German occupation, my father was also a heroic figure. He helped to save his family and friends and many others. He taught me to confront harsh reality rather than to submit to it passively. That is what gave me the idea. We could set up solidarity houses in Greece, which would serve as community centers for the local population and also provide food and shelter to migrants.”
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MANY EVENTS AROUND THE GLOBE HONOR RAOUL WALLENBERG
On the occasion of the centenary of his birth many conferences, exhibits, lectures, film screenings and other commemorative events are organized around the world to honor Raoul Wallenberg.
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