About this book
The “fascinating story of an extraordinary man, ” Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the horrors of the Holocaust (Elie Wiesel). Raoul Wallenberg, one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Europe, was a fearless Swede whose efforts saved countless people from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann. He left a life of privilege and, against staggering odds, brought hope to those who had been abandoned by the rest of the world.
Working under diplomatic cover, Wallenberg worked tirelessly to rescue the persecuted Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Issuing life-saving protective passes, buying up dozens of buildings for Jews to live in—declaring them Swedish sovereign soil and thus untouchable—and craftily maneuvering through politics and prejudice, Wallenberg was a true savior to those who desperately needed one.
From the New York Times –bestselling author of The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World, this is the gripping, passionately written biography of a courageous man who displayed extraordinary humanity during one of history’s darkest periods.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Halftitle
- Frontmatter
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface to the Centennial Edition
- Prologue
- 1 The Legacy
- 2 The Youth
- 3 The Slow Awakening
- 4 The Right Man
- 5 The Journey Starts
- 6 An Admiral Without a Fleet
- 7 The Nazification of Hungary
- 8 Hungary’s Jews: Down the Slippery Slope
- 9 The Provinces Are Purified
- 10 The Summer Before the Fall
- 11 October 15
- 12 The Crucible
- 13 The Baroness
- 14 “I Want to Save a Nation”
- 15 Playing for Time
- 16 The Photographer
- 17 The Reign of Terror
- 18 Eichmann’s Final Days
- 19 The Siege
- 20 Wallenberg on the Run
- 21 The New Masters
- 22 The Captive Guest
- 23 At Home
- 24 The Apprentice Inmate
- 25 The Silent Prisoner
- 26 Dead or Alive
- 27 “Now, Dear Colleague...”
- 28 The Tracks Reappear
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index