Raoul Wallenberg
The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
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- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2018
Summary
An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg’s heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives, and ultimately cost him his own.
A series of unlikely coincidences led to the appointment of Wallenberg, by trade a poultry importer, as Sweden’s Special Envoy to Budapest in 1944. With remarkable bravery, Wallenberg created a system of protective passports, and sheltered thousands of despera…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848665965 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848665962 |
| Author: | Ingrid Carlberg, Ebba Segerberg |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 464g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 149mm x 42mm |
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Critics Review
“Swedish journalist Ingrid Carlberg has written the most comprehensive biography of her countryman Wallenberg that we are ever likely to get.”– The American Conservative
A truly fascinating, subtle and revelatory portrait of this enigmatic character and perhaps the
closest any historian has got to the real man and the truth of his fate - Simon Sebag MontefioreIngrid Carlberg’s superb biography will doubtless be regarded as the standard work on Wallenberg. Richly detailed and thoroughly researched … an atmospheric read that brings to life an extraordinary story of resistance and bravery during Europe’s darkest hours. - Literary ReviewAuthoritative and comprehensive - Sunday TimesA fresh and forensic portrait of Raoul Wallenberg … Carlberg has unearthed a staggering amount of detail - Jewish ChronicleAbsorbing, masterful … a riveting biography of a remarkable man - Kirkus ReviewAbout The Author
Ingrid Carlberg
Ingrid Carlberg is a Swedish author and journalist. Her book about the life and destiny of Raoul Wallenberg was awarded the August Prize for best work of non-fiction 2012. Her biography was also awarded the Swedish Academy’s Axel Hirsch Prize in 2013. Ingrid Carlberg worked at the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter from 1990 to 2010, specializing in investigative and narrative journalism. She has a honorary doctorate at Uppsala University, awarded for her book The Pill, 2008. This historical narrative about the history of antidepressants also recieved the Swedish journalistic prize Guldspaden 2008, for best work of investigative journalism. Between 2012 and 2013, Carlberg was a guest professor in journalism at the University of Gothenburg.
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