His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg
by:
Louise Borden (author)
An amazing and inspirational World War II story about how one man saved the lives of many. Raoul Wallenberg’s name may not be a universally familiar one, but the impact he had is immeasurable. Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest during World War II to rescue Jews from the...
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An amazing and inspirational World War II story about how one man saved the lives of many. Raoul Wallenberg’s name may not be a universally familiar one, but the impact he had is immeasurable. Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. He did this by issuing protective passports and housing Jews in buildings established as Swedish territory, saving tens of thousands of lives. Louise Borden researched Wallenberg’s life for many years, visiting with his family and the site of his childhood home, and learned his story from beginning to end. Wallenberg himself has not been heard from since 1945. It is suspected he died while in Russian custody, though this has never been proven. Raoul Wallenberg . . . it’s a name you may not have known, but you’ll never forget his story.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780618507559 (0618507558)
Publish date: January 17th 2012
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Middle Grade,
War,
Jewish,
Biography Memoir,
Poetry,
World War II,
Holocaust
Great biography of the Swedish diplomat who saved many Hungarian Jews from deportation to death camps 1944-45 and then was arrested and imprisoned by the Soviets.