“I will never be able to go back to Sweden without knowing inside myself
that I'd done all a man could do to save as many Jews as possible.”
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Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat saved 140,000 Jews in Hungary, according to the World Jewish Congress. Seventy five years ago today he was imprisoned and disappeared by Soviet troops after the war.
Today is Raoul Wallenberg Day in Canada in honor of his couragous example. Irwin Cotler, a Canadian member of parliament, in an OpEd today in Haaretz, described the last and most dramatic rescue carried out by Wallenberg:
It is no surprise that it was Soviet Communist troops who disappeared Wallenberg. Six years earlier, in September 1939, the Nazis and the Soviets had been allies in the division and conquest of Poland.
Let us honor Raoul Wallenberg for all the lives he saved, and let us also continue to demand justice for him, who had his life taken by Josef Stalin. The Russians refuse to reveal what they did to him, and Wallenberg's family has sued the Russians. Sweden declared him dead in 2016.
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| Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 - disappeared January 17, 1945) |
Today is Raoul Wallenberg Day in Canada in honor of his couragous example. Irwin Cotler, a Canadian member of parliament, in an OpEd today in Haaretz, described the last and most dramatic rescue carried out by Wallenberg:
"As the Nazis advanced on Budapest and threatened to blow up the city’s ghetto and liquidate the remaining Jews, [Wallenberg] put the Nazi generals on notice that they would be held accountable and brought to justice, if not executed, for their war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nazi generals desisted. Some 70,000 more Jews were saved, thanks to the indomitable courage of one person prepared to confront radical evil."Nonviolent resistance to the radical evil of the Nazis by courageous Danes and German housewives also worked and saved thousands of Jewish people from the Holocaust.
It is no surprise that it was Soviet Communist troops who disappeared Wallenberg. Six years earlier, in September 1939, the Nazis and the Soviets had been allies in the division and conquest of Poland.
Let us honor Raoul Wallenberg for all the lives he saved, and let us also continue to demand justice for him, who had his life taken by Josef Stalin. The Russians refuse to reveal what they did to him, and Wallenberg's family has sued the Russians. Sweden declared him dead in 2016.
When the Jews of Budapest were set to be deported in 1944, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg led an operation to save them. He paid a heavy price for his bravery: Wallenberg was detained, 75 years ago today, and was not seen from again. #WeRemember@UNESCO @AuschwitzMuseum pic.twitter.com/iS6VxCeKJ8— WJC (@WorldJewishCong) January 17, 2020
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