A Hero's Many Faces: Raoul Wallenberg in Contemporary Monuments

by Tanja Schult

Book Overview

Raoul Wallenberg is widely remembered for his humanitarian activity on behalf of the Hungarian Jews in Budapest at the end of World War II, and known as the Swedish diplomat who disappeared into the Soviet Gulag in 1945. Today, Wallenberg's example is used to communicate humanitarian values and human rights in many democratic societies. His story incorporates a classical hero narrative which has survived the 'un-heroic' 20th century. In 2008, there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230222382
• ISBN13: 9780230222380
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"