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Raoul Wallenberg, between the lines

Presents the life of Raoul Wallenberg -- his work to save the Jews, his capture by Soviet troops and the fight for his release from a Soviet prison.

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  • "Between the lines"
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  • "Presents the life of Raoul Wallenberg -- his work to save the Jews, his capture by Soviet troops and the fight for his release from a Soviet prison."@en
  • "Examines the role of Raoul Wallenberg in saving Hungarian Jews from the Nazis during World War 2, and his disappearance after the Russians occupied Budapest in January 1945."@en
  • "Presents the life of Raoul Wallenberg-- his work to save the Jews, his capture by Soviet troops and the fight for his release from a Soviet prison."@en
  • "Raoul Wallenberg was an unlikely hero. A Swedish diplomat, he risked his life to challenge the Nazi forces in Hungary and to save the lives of as many as 100,000 Jews in Budapest in 1944. The Nazis, led by the notorious Albert Eichmann, had already stripped the Hungarian countryside of its Jews by the time Wallenberg arrived in Budapest. Sent by the American War Refugee Board, he knew that Budapest's Jews were destined for Auschwitz unless he could intervene. Wallenberg devised a system of "schutzpasses", that allowed Jews to claim they were Swedish, neutral, citizens. These "passes" had no legal validity, but looked real enough to convince the Nazis and their local Fascist allies, the Arrow Cross. Wallenberg issued huge numbers of these passes to save the lives of Jews. Time after time he openly defied German guns to distribute the passes personally to rescue Jews as they were being loaded on to trains bound for Auschwitz. Early in 1945, when the Russians entered Hungary, Wallenberg was picked up by the Russians and disappeared. His fate became a mystery that remains unresolved to this day. In 1981 his work in saving Jewish lives was recognised by the US government and he was made an Honorary Citizen of the USA. In 2013, he was made an Honorary Citizen of Australia. This award-winning film is a tightly constructed history documentary, a model of its kind, intelligently and sensitively narrated by the filmmaker, Karin Altmann. It incorporates a wealth of archival material - much of it never seen publicly before - and reveals historical and political connections never previously made."

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  • "Biography"
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  • "History"
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  • "Raoul Wallenberg, between the lines"@en
  • "Raoul Wallenberg between the lines"@en
  • "Raoul Wallenberg - Between the Lines"
  • "Raoul Wallenberg : between the lines"

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