1912-1947

Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution.

Tells the story of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish humanitarian who saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, issuing passports and providing housing.

In 1935, Swede Raoul Wallenberg graduated from the University of Michigan. He returned to Sweden, but soon World War II erupted. Sweden remained neutral during the war, which enabled Wallenberg to travel as a salesman throughout Europe. Because of his brilliant command of languages and Swedish citizenship, Wallenberg was chosen to work for the U.S. War Refugee Board in Hungary. His mission was to rescue Jews in Budapest from the Nazis and their monstrous death camps. This volume’s gripping narrative transports readers to the turbulent last days of the war, when Wallenberg’s heroic actions helped to save thousands of Jews.

Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution.

Tells the story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who was personally responsible for saving the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews in the waning days of World War II, and who was arrested by the Soviet Government on unknown charges and imprisoned, never to be heard from again.

Presents volume eight of an eight-volume series on Holocaust Biographies, and examines the role that Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman, played in rescuing thousands of Jews from Hungary.

Chronicles the life of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swede, who at the end of World War II was able to save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazi concentration camps.

In July, 1944, thirty-two-year-old Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest on a mission to rescue the last Jews of Europe. Over the next six months he rescued thousands of Jews by issuing diplomatic safe passage passes and establishing numerous safe houses. When Budapest was finally liberated by the Soviet army, Wallenberg disappeared into the Soviet gulag and to this day his exact fate is unknown.

Tells the life story of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, explaining how he saved the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.