Description

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles. Published date: 1981. Softcover, 195 pp; 28 cm. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Includes a laid-in single sheet Program. In good+ condition. Stiff pictorial paper covers with printed title and photographic illustration show light overall toning, faint surface soiling, and mild edge wear. Binding sound. Interior pages clean and unmarked, with light age toning. Commemorative volume honoring Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, issued by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in 1981. Written and designed by Connie L. Mandel, the book presents a documentary and collective biographical account of Wallenberg’s rescue work in wartime Budapest, where his actions saved tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Combining biographical essays, survivor testimony, historical photographs, facsimiles of diplomatic documents, and official statements including Congressional Record material, the volume situates Wallenberg’s moral courage within the broader history of Holocaust rescue and postwar remembrance. Contents include: Raoul Wallenberg: The Man; His Mission and His Legacy; Chronology of Achievement; Honoring a Noble Man; A Symbol of Hope; Simon Wiesenthal; Simon Wiesenthal Center.