The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/raoul-wallenberg/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:27:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Raoul Wallenberg | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/raoul-wallenberg/ 32 32 Lapid to rabbi who said he’s worse than Nazi: My grandfather was killed in Holocaust https://www.timesofisrael.com/lapid-to-rabbi-who-said-hes-worse-than-nazi-my-grandfather-was-killed-in-holocaust/ Sun, 29 May 2022 08:05:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2771405 FM notes his father also faced death in Budapest Ghetto; Gantz says ultra-Orthodox Haredi cleric Mazuz's remarks border on Holocaust denial; PM: 'Must guard our tongues from evil'

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]]> Oldest living Olympic champion, a Holocaust survivor, turns 100 https://www.timesofisrael.com/i-love-life-oldest-living-olympic-champion-a-holocaust-survivor-turns-100/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:18:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2465113 Budapest resident Agnes Keleti, a winner of the Israel Prize, took home 10 medals in gymnastics - including 5 golds - at the 1952 Helsinki and 1956 Melbourne Games

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]]> Sweden grapples with ‘guilty conscience’ over ignored Holocaust tip-off https://www.timesofisrael.com/sweden-grapples-with-guilty-conscience-over-ignored-holocaust-tip-off/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:33:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2426081 On a train in 1942, an SS officer told a Swedish diplomat of the industrialized murder of Jews at the Belzec extermination camp. But the horrifying revelation was kept under wraps

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]]> Sweden allocates $1.1 million to start work on its first Holocaust museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/sweden-allocates-1-1-million-to-start-work-on-its-first-holocaust-museum/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:22:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2398242 Scandinavian nation plans museum with focus on survivors and a center devoted to Raoul Wallenberg, a diplomat who saved thousands of Jews in WWII

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]]> Israel’s 1st virus death: Hid in hay bale after saved by Wallenberg in Holocaust https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-1st-virus-death-hid-in-hay-bale-after-saved-by-wallenberg-in-holocaust/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:25:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2285501 When Germany occupied Hungary in 1944, Arie Even, his mother and brother had to go into hiding for nearly a year, at times in bales of hay and in underground cellars

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]]> Raoul Wallenberg’s family demands Sweden press Russia for news of his fate https://www.timesofisrael.com/raoul-wallenbergs-family-demands-sweden-press-russia-for-news-of-his-fate/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:39:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2154000 Stockholm has long resisted pressure to confront Moscow over the diplomat, who saved tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust

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]]> Raoul Wallenberg — remembering a hero on his 107th birthday https://www.timesofisrael.com/remembering-a-hero-on-his-107th-birthday/ Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:44:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2124001 To save tens of thousands of Jews, Swedish diplomat bribed, cajoled, persuaded and even threatened German and Hungarian officials; what happened to him remains unclear

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]]> Moscow court denies appeal by Raoul Wallenberg’s family to see his files https://www.timesofisrael.com/raoul-wallenbergs-family-denied-appeal-to-see-his-files/ Wed, 21 Feb 2018 06:23:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1795882 Judges uphold decision against opening records of 'Swedish Schindler,' keeping his fate under the Soviet Union shrouded in doubt

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]]> Legendary singer Aznavour given award for family efforts to save Jews in WWII https://www.timesofisrael.com/legendary-singer-aznavour-given-award-for-family-efforts-to-save-jews-in-wwii/ Sat, 28 Oct 2017 13:06:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1719547 French-Armenian receives honor from President Rivlin, speaks of the historical suffering endured by the both the Jewish people and the Armenians

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]]> Hungarian who helped Jews flee Holocaust honored in Budapest https://www.timesofisrael.com/hungarian-who-helped-jews-flee-holocaust-honored-in-budapest/ Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:39:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1713609 Emil Wiesmeyer's printing company made fake passports as part of efforts by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg to save Jews from Nazi death camps

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]]> Russia court rejects family bid for Wallenberg files https://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-court-rejects-family-bid-for-wallenberg-files/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:00:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1696297 Documents that may cast light on fate of vanished Swedish diplomat in notorious Moscow jail will not be declassified until 2022

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]]> Raoul Wallenberg’s family sues Russia’s security service https://www.timesofisrael.com/raoul-wallenbergs-family-sues-russias-security-service/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:44:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1666608 Relatives want FSB to open KGB archives over Swedish diplomat's disappearance in 1945 after saving tens of thousands of Jews

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]]> Chance find reveals only known footage of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg https://www.timesofisrael.com/chance-find-reveals-only-known-footage-of-holocaust-hero-raoul-wallenberg/ Sun, 28 May 2017 09:14:43 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1628173 Sharp-eyed researcher recognizes famous Swede, who saved tens of thousands of Jews, in anonymous archive film broadcast on Swedish TV

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]]> Wallenberg-signed document fetches over $13,000 at auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/wallenberg-signed-document-fetches-over-13000-at-auction/ Sun, 02 Apr 2017 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1592963 Auctioned affidavit from 1944 exempted a Hungarian Jewish woman from having to wear a yellow Jewish star

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]]> Passport Wallenberg used to save Jews in WWII to be auctioned https://www.timesofisrael.com/passport-wallenberg-used-to-save-jews-in-wwii-to-be-auctioned/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 07:36:44 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1589499 Bidding at LA auction house to start at $8,000 for fake permit issued by Swedish Embassy in Budapest in September 1944

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