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Raoul Wallenberg was born into a prominent Swedish family in 1912. Wallenberg went into business with Koloman Lauer, a Hungarian Jewish man, and used his language skills and freedom of movement as a Swedish citizen to build up a strong network of contacts and knowledge of Nazi bureaucracy. Wallenberg, along with Lauer and others, saved as many as 100,000 Jews from deportation and death, by providing employment, by issuing genuine and fake passes, by setting up safe houses and by putting pressure on influential contacts. Wallenberg often put himself in personal danger, relying on bribes, threats and persuasion to rescue people from trains and death march columns. The briefcase, created by sculptor Gustav Kraitz, is a copy of one which forms part of a monument to Wallenberg near the United Nations building in New York.
The Holocaust Centre
Newark
Title
Raoul Wallenberg Memorial
Medium
bronze & stone
Measurements
H 55 x W 200 x D 31 cm
Accession number
HCSC007
Work type
Sculpture
Inscription description
on plaque: Dedicated to Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat born in 1912 / who was stationed in Budapest, Hungary 1944-45. / While all around him societies collapsed and people thought narrowly of / their own survival, Raoul Wallenberg saved the lives of almost / one hundred thousand Hungarian Jews by placing them / under the protection of the Swedish Government. / On 17 January 1945, Raoul Wallenberg was detained and imprisoned / by the Soviet Government. His fate remains unknown. / This memorial is a gift from the family of Hilel Storch, / who was among those instrumental in Wallenberg's mission.
