A Russian court ruled against the claim filed by Raoul Wallenberg’s niece, who wanted get documents about his mysterious death. By Ivan Nechepurenko Relatives are seeking documents about the Swedish ...

The former home of a World War II hero credited with saving thousands of Jews during the Holocaust may face the wrecking ball to make room for more dorms at the University of Michigan. University of ...

The world must never forget Raoul Wallenberg. Wallenberg, who saved over 100,000 Jews in the Budapest ghetto from the death camps of 1944, is one of history’s towering heroes. That’s why last Tuesday ...

President Obama paid tribute Wednesday to Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, and also heard an emotional request from Wallenberg's family. The ...

BRONZE replicas of his briefcase, stamped “RW”, are scattered across the world. One stands on Lidingö island near Stockholm, on the grassed-over foundations of the summer house where he was born.

A memorial bust of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in Moscow. During the Holocaust, Wallenberg handed out Swedish papers to Jews as they were crowded into the infamous cattle cars herding them to ...

The 100 th anniversary of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg’s birthday was celebrated Saturday with a call for a day on the Swedish calendar to honor the man who saved thousands of Jews during World ...

MOSCOW — The 1945 disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg — a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi gas chambers — ranks among the most enduring mysteries of World War II.

Next year will mark the 70th anniversary of the disappearance in a Soviet prison of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish businessman who rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews in the darkest days of the ...

In December 1944, the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg attended a small dinner party in Budapest; also at the table was the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. The two men were in Hungary on opposing missions: ...

Seventy years ago, in January 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, the Righteous Gentile responsible for saving many Jewish lives in Hungary by issuing documents attesting to their Swedish ...