The Hero of Budapest
The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date of Publication: 25 February 2021
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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ISBN13: | 9781350241671 |
ISBN10: | 1350241679 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 240 pages |
Size: | 234x156 mm |
Weight: | 599 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 74 bw iillus and 16pp colour plates |
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The story of Raoul Wallenberg - the Swedish businessman who, at immense personal risk, rescued many of Budapest's Jews from the Holocaust and subsequently disappeared into the Soviet prison system - is one of the most fascinating episodes of World War II. Yet the complete story of his life and fate can only be told now - and for the first time in this book - following access to the Russian and Swedish archival sources, previously not used. Born into a wealthy Swedish family, Wallenberg was a moderately successful businessman when he was recruited by the War Refugee Board to manage the rescue mission of thousands of Hungarian Jews. Once in Budapest, he created and distributed so called 'protective passports' (or Schutz-Pass) among the Jewish population, thus managing to save up to 8,000 people. Through the 'safe houses' and clandestine networks that he established around the city, many thousands more were saved from the concentration camps. Yet, when Budapest was liberated by the Red Army in January 1945, Wallenberg was arrested and taken to Moscow.
One of the reasons for his arrest was that the Soviets could not understand the nature of his mission: formally he was a Swedish diplomat but he worked for an American agency. On the basis of previously unseen Soviet sources, Bengt Jangfeldt has been able to reconstruct the events surrounding Wallenberg's arrest almost hour by hour and, for the first time, he presents a highly plausible theory about the reasons why Wallenberg was arrested and what happened to him after he disappeared. With access to previously unpublished material, Jangfeldt provides the first complete account of Wallenberg's life - from his childhood in Sweden to his disappearance in a Russian jail - and sheds important new light on one of the greatest heroes of World War II. This is a thrilling tale of intrigue, espionage and heroism which will captivate all readers of modern European history.
One of the reasons for his arrest was that the Soviets could not understand the nature of his mission: formally he was a Swedish diplomat but he worked for an American agency. On the basis of previously unseen Soviet sources, Bengt Jangfeldt has been able to reconstruct the events surrounding Wallenberg's arrest almost hour by hour and, for the first time, he presents a highly plausible theory about the reasons why Wallenberg was arrested and what happened to him after he disappeared. With access to previously unpublished material, Jangfeldt provides the first complete account of Wallenberg's life - from his childhood in Sweden to his disappearance in a Russian jail - and sheds important new light on one of the greatest heroes of World War II. This is a thrilling tale of intrigue, espionage and heroism which will captivate all readers of modern European history.
Table of Contents:
A Sunday's Child
A Wallenberg
The New Elementary School
Out into the World
The Architect
South Africa
Palestine
The End of an Epoch
Interlude 114
Recruitment
Budapest
Blood for Goods
The Death Marches
Ghettoisation
Open Terror
Guest or Captive?
Moscow
A Diplomatic Failure
Liquidation
Aftermath
Bringing Honour to One's Family
Acknowledgements
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
A Wallenberg
The New Elementary School
Out into the World
The Architect
South Africa
Palestine
The End of an Epoch
Interlude 114
Recruitment
Budapest
Blood for Goods
The Death Marches
Ghettoisation
Open Terror
Guest or Captive?
Moscow
A Diplomatic Failure
Liquidation
Aftermath
Bringing Honour to One's Family
Acknowledgements
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index