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2 unusual facts about Wallenberg


Károly Szabó

He was a supporter of Raoul Wallenberg and had a significant role in making contact with the representatives of the Hungarian police and other state officials.

On August 4, 2010, the birthday of Raoul Wallenberg the International Mensch Foundation, the Carl Lutz Foundation, the Budapest Holocaust Memorial Institute and the 1944-2004 Foundation issued a Karoly Szabo memorial certificate.


American Swedish Historical Museum

The Spirit of Raoul Wallenberg Award consists of a cash prize and a specially designed bowl from Orrefors, Sweden which is presented to the award recipient at the award ceremony.

Bal des débutantes

Some notable past participants include Ksénia Gorbachev, Barbara Berlusconi, Tamara and Petra Ecclestone, Vanessa and Victoria Traina, Anna Wallenberg, Princess Fawzia Latifa of Egypt, Karan Singh's granddaughter Adishree Singh, Wan Li's granddaughter Wan BaoBao and I.M. Pei's granddaughter Olivia Pei.

Dohány Street Synagogue

There is also a memorial to Wallenberg and other Righteous Among the Nations, among them: Swiss Vice-consul Carl Lutz; Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian man who, with a strategic escamotage, declared himself the Spanish consul, releasing documents of protection and current passports to Jews in Budapest without distinction (he saved five thousand); Mons.

Georgia Slowe

Her Jewish heritage allowed Georgia to bring some authenticity to her roles in two productions based on the Holocaust; The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank with Mary Steenburgen and Wallenberg with Richard Chamberlain

Georgia began acting when she was a child and in a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, she has worked alongside Oliver Reed (Black Arrow), Angela Lansbury (The Company of Wolves) and Richard Chamberlain (Wallenberg).

Gustaf Wallenberg

Gustaf Wally (1905–1966), real name Gustaf Wallenberg, actor and theatre manager

Joseph Dellapenna

Perhaps Dellapenna’s most noteworthy litigation was as co-counsel for the family of Raoul Wallenberg in a case brought by Wallenberg’s half-brother, Guy von Dardel.

KPMG Tower

A memorial to Raoul Wallenberg stands in a small park between the office tower and church, where a bust of Wallenberg and a caged metal box (styled as a barbed-wire gate) stand beside each other.

László Dombrovszky

Wallenberg's portrait by Dombrovszky is today in Sweden, in the Gripsholm Castle near Stockholm, as a part of the National Portrait Collection (Statens porträttsamlingar) presenting important personalities from the Sweden history.

Raoul Wallenberg Award

Alan C. Greenberg (1991), for his work with the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States

Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States

The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States was created in May 1981 to "perpetuate the humanitarian ideals and the nonviolent courage of Raoul Wallenberg".


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