Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest : myth, history and Holocaust /

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Author / Creator:Levine, Paul A. (Paul Ansel)
Imprint:London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2010.
Description:xviii, 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8008450
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ISBN:9780853037279 (hbk.)
0853037272 (hbk.)
0853037280 (pbk.)
9780853037286 (pbk.)
9780801475924
0801475929
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Raoul Wallenberg is a genuine hero of the Holocaust, revered and honoured by millions worldwide for his humanitarian achievements in Budapest in 1944. During his often dramatic six months in that tragic city, Wallenberg and his diplomatic colleagues saved and assisted many thousands more Jews than did the more famous Oskar Schindler. The numerous existing publications about Wallenberg have been hagiographic in nature rather than historical, characterized by inaccuracies, exaggerations and a lack of historical context." "Paul A. Levine has studied Wallenberg and Swedish diplomacy during the Holocaust for twenty years. Using contemporary Swedish diplomatic documents never before studied, Levine places Wallenberg in an accurate historical context, providing an almost daily picture of his activities, including his essential negotiations with Hungarian officials, German and Hungarian Nazis, and other neutral diplomats. Through careful analysis of Wallenberg's own personal and diplomatic correspondence, this study provides a richer and more nuanced picture of this fascinating burgenerally misunderstood figure. Though not a biography, Wallenberg's up-bringing is explored, with the motives and goals for his mission analysed. This study replaces the one-dimensional caricature which has long dominated the public's view of Wallenberg with a more complicated individual who made history during the Holocaust." "Levine also explores how the many myths about Wallenberg and his mission have played a significant role in distorting both the public's understanding of him, and of how he actually worked to assist and save thousands of Jews. Rather than being an 'angel of rescue', as he is some times referred to, Wallenberg was a very real man whose status as a Swedish diplomat was more crucial to his ability to act than his own motivations. Often referred to as an archetypical 'altruisric personality', this study demonstrates that Wallenberg was hardly a 'hero-in-training' before Budapest. It also argues that by dispensing with these myths, Wallenberg's true historic worth as a moral symbol is enhanced rather than diminished."--BOOK JACKET.

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505 0 |a Introduction: Framing the Issues -- Myth, History and the Historian's Social Responsibility -- A Life before Budapest: Wallenberg's Background, Personality and Motives -- March 1944: The Holocaust in Hungary, An Overview -- April-May: Swedish Diplomacy in Budapest Prior to Wallenberg's Arrival -- June: Myth and Fact: Understanding Wallenberg's Recruitment and Mission -- July: Wallenberg Arrives in Budapest -- Summer 1944: Per Anger, Archbishop Erling Eidem and the 'Everyday' Politics of Genocide -- August: Valdemar Langlet and Carl Ivan Danielesson, the Forgotten Swedes -- September: The Calm before the Storm -- October: Raoul Wallenberg Enters History -- November-December: Death, Despair and Heroism -- January 1945: The End of Diplomacy and Freedom -- Epilogue: 17 January 1945: Wallenberg Leaves History and Enters Myth. 
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