Raoul Wallenburg
Taylor Black, 5th period
Introduction
Wallenberg saving jews directing them to get Swedish protective passes
United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum. Hungarian Jews Wait in Front of the Swedish Legation Main Office in Hopes of Obtaining Swedish Protective Passes. Budapest, Hungary, 1944. Digital image. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Web. 02 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/gallery.php?ModuleId=10005211&MediaType=PH>.
A copy of Wallenburg's fake protective passes
A group of jews being rescued by Raoul Wallenburg
Life of Raoul Wallenburg
In the spring of 1944, the world started noticing and opening their eyes to Hitler's actions and plans to get rid of the Jewish and start concentration camps which is where he planned to kill them. By the time Wallenburg arrived in Budapest July 9, 1944, more than 440,000 jewish had already been sent to concentration camps.Almost all of them had been sent to auschwitz-birkenau, the largest extermination camp. One way Wallenburg tried to save the jewish was to help them escape and get them into Sweden, then give them Swedish protective passes, or "schutzpass", to protect them from nazis. Wallenberg chased down many jews to give them these passes. At many times,Wallenburg put his own life in danger in order to save the jews. One event that occured was when nazis were invading a Swedish protected building and he shouted " If you want them, you'll have to shoot me first!".
Wallenburg was later sent to a Soviet prison, which he supposedly died. but the reasoning to his death is still not confirmed.
Sources:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Choosing to Act: Raoul Wallenberg." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Aug. 2015. Web. 29 Jan. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-features/special-focus/raoul-wallenberg>.
Altman, Linda Jacobs. Resisters and Rescuers: Standing up against the Holocaust. Berkeley Heights. NJ: Enslow, 2003. Print.
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Additional information
~He is credited for saving thousands of jews in the holocaust.
~Prior to the holocaust, he was a member of the army.
~His first job was redesigning and making schutzpasses.
~His religion was Lutheran.
~He graduated from the university of Michigan.
Sources:
Fishkin, Rebecca Love. Heroes of the Holocaust. Mankato, MN: Compass Point, 2011. Print.
Metzler, David. "Raoul Wallenburg." Jewish Virtual Library. Jewish Virtual Library, 2016. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wallenberg.html>.
United States Holocaust Meusum. "Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 18 Aug. 2015. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005211>.