BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — In the 70th anniversary year of his disappearance in Russia, Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, was honored at Sweden’s embassy in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday’s tribute organized by Argentina’s Raoul Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish embassy in Argentina, was led by Tomas Kertesz, a survivor of the Budapest ghetto who met with Wallenberg in his effort to save Jews; the Swedish Ambassador to Argentina Gufran Al-Nadaf; and the Jewish-Argentine writer Marcos Aguinis.
“In June 1944, at age 32, Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Hungary to save Jews, as a result of …read more
Source: JTA
