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Raul Wallenburg

Raul Wallenburg. A Savior of the Troubled. What did this Human(e) do?. Risked his own life many times to save people of Jewish ethnicity Provided many Jewish people with Swedish passports so they would pass the examination of the Nazis in search of Jews

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Raul Wallenburg

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  1. Raul Wallenburg A Savior of the Troubled

  2. What did this Human(e) do? • Risked his own life many times to save people of Jewish ethnicity • Provided many Jewish people with Swedish passports so they would pass the examination of the Nazis in search of Jews • Pulled Jews off trains that were taking them to Auschwitz • Any German officer who saw this could have shot him down without any hesitation but even that did not stop him.

  3. Cont’d • He was a successful business man from the highest of families in Sweden. • He bought safe houses for the runaway Jews • Provided Soup kitchens • Provided medicine • Provided clothing • He used unconventional ways to save the Jews however, he bribed, lied, and blackmailed. • It worked very well, he was able to save people from death row.

  4. Bibliography • MAN OF COURAGE, Raul Wallenburg, http://www.auschwitz.dk/wallenberg.htm

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