Thursday, September 13, 2007

Raoul Wallenberg Exhibit Opens in Moscow

Выставка «Рауль Валленберг: и один в поле воин»At the Sakharov Center. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Sweden and the Swedish Institute.

Wallenberg's mission to save Hungarian Jews, including now-US Congressman Tom Lantos, was sponsored by the War Refugee Board that resulted from Peter Bergson (Hillel Kook) and Ben Hecht's agitation. Wallenberg was taken prisoner by the Soviets and never heard from again. The mystery of his fate has never been resolved--by Russia, Sweden, or the US.