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Judaica
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Letters and Dispatches: 1924–1944
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Author
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Raoul Wallenberg.
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Arcade
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hardcover
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9.5
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ISBN
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9781559702751
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Pages/Publication Date
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286/1995
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Daedalus Item Code
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11711
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Description
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"[Raoul] Wallenberg, the Swedish businessman who in 1944 sheltered about 100,000 Hungarian Jews from Eichmann's dragnet, rates a unique place as one of the lonely heroes of resistance to the Holocaust. That, plus his personal tragedy of being kidnapped and probably executed by the Soviets, has earned him a martyr-like status that obscures the real man. Judging from the letters among family members in this collection, Raoul was an upper-class drifter, highly capable to be sure, but rather dilatory in settling on a career. During the war, family connections landed him in Budapest as a company representative, and following the Nazi coup in March 1944, Wallenberg became the Swedish legate with a mandate to rescue as many Jews as possible. The ensuing weeks, he wrote to his mother, were the 'most interesting of my life.' ... This important collection contributes to the Holocaust Museum's tribute to Wallenberg."—Booklist
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