Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest
Subtitle: myth, history and Holocaust
By: Paul A. Levine
Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780853037279; 9780853037286
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Framing the Issues; title: Myth, History and the Historian's Social Responsibility; title: A Life before Budapest: Wallenberg's Background, Personality and Motives; title: March 1944: The Holocaust in Hungary, An Overview; title: April-May: Swedish Diplomacy in Budapest Prior to Wallenberg's Arrival; title: June: Myth and Fact: Understanding Wallenberg's Recruitment and Mission; title: July: Wallenberg Arrives in Budapest; title: Summer 1944: Per Anger, Archbishop Erling Eidem and the 'Everyday' Politics of Genocide; title: August: Valdemar Langlet and Carl Ivan Danielsson, the Forgotten Swedes; title: September: The Calm before the Storm; title: October: Raoul Wallenberg Enters History; title: November-December: Death, Despair and Heroism; title: January 1945: The End of Diplomacy and Freedom; title: Epilogue: 17 January 1945: Wallenberg Leaves History and Enters Myth.