A Hero’s Many Faces
Raoul Wallenberg in Contemporary Monuments
Nonfiction, History, European General, Modern
| Author: | T. Schult | ISBN: | 9780230236998 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 8, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | T. Schult |
| ISBN: | 9780230236998 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 8, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Raoul Wallenberg is remembered for his humanitarian activity on behalf of the Hungarian Jews at the end of World War II, and as the Swedish diplomat who disappeared into the Soviet Gulag in 1945. This book examines how thirty-one Wallenberg monuments, in twelve countries on five continents commemorate the man.
Raoul Wallenberg is remembered for his humanitarian activity on behalf of the Hungarian Jews at the end of World War II, and as the Swedish diplomat who disappeared into the Soviet Gulag in 1945. This book examines how thirty-one Wallenberg monuments, in twelve countries on five continents commemorate the man.
