Wallenberg

Wallenberg was honored by President Ronald Reagan when he approved a special Act of Congress, making Wallenberg an honorary American citizen.

The couple changed the first name to Yvonne, and Wallenberg agreed to be the child’s godfather.

Retiring at 65, Marianne devoted her time to B’nai B’rith, where she is a long-time member of the Raoul Wallenberg Unit.

Wallenberg was taken by the Soviets and never seen again.

We need to emulate the courage of those like Pastor Martin Niemoller and Diplomat Raul Wallenberg who stood up and took a stand.

Irwin Cotler is head of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, a former attorney-general of Canada and perhaps the country's most prominent international human rights lawyer.

She, too, was a scion of a prominent family, a niece of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who protected thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II but disappeared after being captured by Soviet forces.

In 1960, the Wallenberg family arranged with ITT to buy its shares in Ericsson, and has since controlled the company.

Marcus Wallenberg Jr. negotiated a deal with several Swedish banks to rebuild Ericsson financially.

The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation has carried out exhaustive historical research related to different events connected with interventions of Nuncio Roncalli in favour of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.

There are two monuments for Wallenberg and one for Carl Lutz in Budapest.

With disregard to his safety, Wallenberg went to Hungary and proceeded to save tens of thousands of Jews from Nazi death camps, primarily by issuing them falsified Swedish passports.