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Former good articleRaoul Wallenberg was one of the History good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Sightings

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http://www.statedepartmentwatch.org/GulagWrangell.htm states that he was seen on disputed island of Wrangel(l) (splelling: disputed)

Sightings

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Moved here until referenced:

  • Prisoners released from the Gulag claimed to have seen a foreign inmate answering to Wallenberg's description as late as 1990. A number of testimonies have placed him in Siberian or Russian prisons as late as 1981.
  • Josyp Terelya, a Ukrainian activist who was imprisoned by the Soviets for refusing to abandon his nationalism and Catholic faith, wrote in his autobiography that he believes he was jailed with Wallenberg. He drew pictures and devoted a significant portion of his autobiography to this man and the influence he had on him.
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Memorials

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  • There are a number of sites honoring Wallenberg in Budapest, among them Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park, which commemorates those who saved many of the city's Jews from deportation to extermination camps, and the building that housed the Swedish Embassy in 1945.
  • Raoul Wallenberginstitutet, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, was established in 1984 at Lund University in Sweden. RWI aims to be a leading institution for research, education, and training regarding all aspects of international human rights law.
  • In 2001, a memorial was created in Stockholm to honour Wallenberg. Unveiled by King Carl XVI Gustaf, at a ceremony attended by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and his wife, Wallenberg's niece, is an abstract memorial depicting people rising from the concrete, accompanied by a bronze replica of Wallenberg's signature which saved so many lives. It garnered a lot of criticism in Sweden because many saw it as ugly and unworthy of such a great hero; however, Wallenberg's sister Nina Lagergren approved of it. At the unveiling, King Carl XVI Gustaf said Wallenberg is "a great example to those of us who want to live as fellow humans." Kofi Annan praised him as "an inspiration for all of us to act when we can and to have the courage to help those who are suffering and in need of help."
  • Several schools in Sweden have been named after Wallenberg, and there are several streets named Wallenbergsgatan or Raoul Wallenbergsgatan.
  • There is a memorial stone and tree dedicated to Wallenberg in Cathays Park, Cardiff. The stone is inscribed "This tree is planted for Raoul Wallenberg, who saved 100,000 lives - A token to his great humanity."
  • In the U.S.: a park in San Jose, California; Raoul Wallenberg Alternative High School in San Francisco, California; and a grammar school (P.S. 194) in Brooklyn; an outdoor theatre located in Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Raoul Wallenberg Monument on Raoul Wallenberg Walk in Manhattan, across from the headquarters of the United Nations.[1]
  • Streets named after him in the Israeli cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, in Earl Bales Park in Côte Saint-Luc (a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Stamford, Connecticut, Missouri City, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, and Trenton, New Jersey.
  • Raoul Wallenberg Park is located in Nepean, Ontario, Canada.
  • He is memorialized in the Capitol Rotunda, Washington, District of Columbia.
  • The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, District of Columbia is on a street named Raoul Wallenberg Place in his honor.

References

  1. ^ "Raoul Wallenberg Playground". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 2007-02-11.

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See also

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Legacy

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Honors

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Memorial at Great Cumberland Place, London

Memorials

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  • In 2001, a memorial was created in Stockholm to honour Wallenberg. Unveiled by King Carl XVI Gustaf, at a ceremony attended by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and his wife, Wallenberg's niece, is an abstract memorial depicting people rising from the concrete, accompanied by a bronze replica of Wallenberg's signature which saved so many lives. It garnered a lot of criticism in Sweden because many saw it as ugly and unworthy of such a great hero; however, Wallenberg's sister Nina Lagergren approved of it. At the unveiling, King Carl XVI Gustaf said Wallenberg is "a great example to those of us who want to live as fellow humans." Kofi Annan praised him as "an inspiration for all of us to act when we can and to have the courage to help those who are suffering and in need of help."[7]
  • There are a number of sites honoring Wallenberg in Budapest, among them Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park, which commemorates those who saved many of the city's Jews from deportation to extermination camps, and the building that housed the Swedish Embassy in 1945.[8]
  • Raoul Wallenberg Monument is located on Raoul Wallenberg Walk in Manhattan, across from the headquarters of the United Nations. It was commissioned by the Swedish consulate and was designed by Swedish sculptor Gustav Graitz. Kraitz’s piece, is called Hope, and it is a replica of Wallenberg’s briefcase, a sphere, five pillars of black granite, and paving stones which once used on the streets of the Jewish ghetto in Budapest.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Holocaust Hero Honored on Postage Stamp". United States Postal Service. 1996. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  2. ^ "The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States". The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States. 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  3. ^ "Government of Canada Honours Canadian Honorary Citizen Raoul Wallenberg". Canada. 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  4. ^ "Visiting Yad Vashem: Raoul Wallenberg". Yad Vashem. 2004. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  5. ^ "Wallenberg Medal and Lecture". The Wallenberg Endowment. 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  6. ^ "A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg". Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  7. ^ "Tributes in United Kingdom". International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  8. ^ "Tributes in Hungary". Retrieved 2007-02-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ "Raoul Wallenberg Playground". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 2007-02-11.

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