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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.
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."
The
United States Postal Service issued a stamp to honor him in 1997. Representative
Tom Lantos said: "It is most appropriate that we honor [him] with a U.S. stamp. In this age devoid of heroes, Wallenberg is the archetype of a hero -- one who risked his life day in and day out, to save the lives of tens of thousands of people he did not know whose religion he did not share."[1]
The Wallenberg Endowment at the
University of Michigan awards the Wallenberg Medal and Lecture to outstanding humanitarians. The university's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning also awards Wallenberg Scholarships to exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, many of which are given to enable students to broaden their study of architecture to include work in distant locations.[5]
January 17 is Raoul Wallenberg Day in Canada, it represents the day he disappeared.[6]
Memorials
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]
Raoul 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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join the project and
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talk page for discussing improvements to the
Raoul Wallenberg article. This is
not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.
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.
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."
The
United States Postal Service issued a stamp to honor him in 1997. Representative
Tom Lantos said: "It is most appropriate that we honor [him] with a U.S. stamp. In this age devoid of heroes, Wallenberg is the archetype of a hero -- one who risked his life day in and day out, to save the lives of tens of thousands of people he did not know whose religion he did not share."[1]
The Wallenberg Endowment at the
University of Michigan awards the Wallenberg Medal and Lecture to outstanding humanitarians. The university's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning also awards Wallenberg Scholarships to exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, many of which are given to enable students to broaden their study of architecture to include work in distant locations.[5]
January 17 is Raoul Wallenberg Day in Canada, it represents the day he disappeared.[6]
Memorials
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]