Tag: Raoul Wallenberg
Milan honored for helping save Jews from concentration camps during Holocaust
The city of Milan, Italy, has been named an honorary member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) in recognition of its residents’ efforts to help rescue Jews from Nazi concentration camps during the...
Retired Hungarian gymnast, rabbi among recipients of Hungarian Order of Merit
Two prominent Hungarian Jewish personalities, Ágnes Keleti and Rabbi Shlomo Koves, were among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Hungarian Order of Merit. The winners were announced on March 15, Hungary’s Independence Day.
Gymnast Ágnes...
August 4, 1912: Raoul Wallenberg was born
The best-known “Righteous Gentile,” Raoul Wallenberg, was born near Stockholm on this date in 1912. While serving as Sweden’s special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg saved tens of thousands of...