Place Raoul Wallenberg - Montréal, Québec, Canada
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N 45° 30.236 W 073° 34.235
18T E 611667 N 5039927
Place Raoul Wallenberg is located in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMK8B3
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 02/27/2014
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This Raoul Wallenberg memorial is located behind Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Montreal. You will find a bust of Raoul Wallenberg and a caged metal box, styled as a barbed-wire gate.
"Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 – July 17, 1947?) was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian.
He is widely celebrated for his successful efforts to rescue tens of thousands to about one hundred thousand Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary from Hungarian Fascists and the Nazis during the later stages of World War II.
While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings designated as Swedish territory saving tens of thousands of lives.
Due to his courageous actions on behalf of the Hungarian Jews, Raoul Wallenberg has been the subject of numerous humanitarian honors in the decades following his presumed death.
In 1981, U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, himself one of those saved by Wallenberg, sponsored a bill making Wallenberg an Honorary Citizen of the United States. He is also an honorary citizen of Canada, Hungary, Australia and Israel.
Israel has also designated Wallenberg one of the Righteous among the Nations. Monuments have been dedicated to him, and streets have been named after him throughout the world.
A Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States was created in 1981 to "perpetuate the humanitarian ideals and the nonviolent courage of Raoul Wallenberg".
It gives the Raoul Wallenberg Award annually to recognize persons who carry out those goals."
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