The Truth of the Gulag
5659 Katyn – a double game of the Kremlin 70 years ago the world learned the truth about the terrible tragedy of Smolensk, but so far out of it trying to make a secret. Katyn April 13, 1943 German…
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Russia Continues To Obscure Facts In The Raoul Wallenberg Case
Russian officials have argued for decades that because Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was never formally charged with a crime while in Soviet captivity, no investigation file would have been created for him. This claim is simply untrue, as newly released documents…
Russia’s Constitutional Court Ruling may provide new Impetus in the Continuing Search for Raoul Wallenberg’s Fate
A few weeks ago, Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled that the 30 year secrecy rule governing the classification of important historical records had expired in most cases and that researchers should be granted access to these collections. While the ruling allows…
A WWII survivor recognizes herself on the new Raoul Wallenberg stamp
Ann Weiszmann has a fascination for Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat credited with saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives in Nazi-occupied Hungary by issuing them bogus Swedish identity papers, or “shutz-passes.” Ms. Weiszmann’s interest in the man is understandable:…
The Constitutional Court banned the late state secrets
FSB and the Supreme Court ignored the order of their declassification (Google traduction) The Constitutional Court (CC) has published a decision on the appeal of the historian Nikita Petrov, which should ensure the access of citizens to the most socially…
Canada honors Raoul Wallenberg with a postage stamp
A new Canadian Raoul Wallenberg stamp has been delivered with a 1944 Raoul Wallenberg passport photo. The stamp includes an image from the Schutz-Pass, a protective pass, which Raoul Wallenberg handed out to people in the Jewish communit. Steven Fletcher Canadian…
Urgent appeal for direct access to essential russian archives
Halpert reports from the Raoul Wallenberg conference co-sponsored by the Diplomatische Akademie, Wien, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institut, Graz as well as the Embassies of Sweden, Israel and Hungary, November 14, 2012. She reports of the urgent appeals by several conference…
The story of Raoul Wallenberg
The story of Raoul Wallenberg-Eternal Lessons and Inspiration for the Profession of Social Work The Holocaust was an exception in history, a systematic plan to eradicate an entire people, the Jewish people. The Jewish people were the prime victims of…
The Swedish Foreign Affair and Interpol
Letters between Interpol, Max Grunberg and the Swedish Government concerning Raoul Wallenberg’s Fate. 2011/08/08 Interpol 2012/11/19 Director General of Swedish Foreign Affair 2012/11/30 Letter to Mr Max Grunberg