Raoul Wallenberg: The Heroic Life and Mysterious Disappearance of the Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust

Author: Ingrid Carlberg An honorary citizen of the United States and Canada and designated as one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, Raoul Wallenberg was a modest envoy to Hungary whose heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless Jewish 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 close, his invaluable work almost complete, Wallenberg voluntarily went to meet with Soviet troops who were relieving the city. Arrested as a spy, Wallenberg disappeared into the depths of the Soviet system, never to be seen again. Journalist Ingrid Carlberg has carried out research into all elements of Wallenberg's life, nar