“Our commitment must be to remember the victims who perished, respect the survivors still with us, and reaffirm humanity's common aspiration for mutual understanding and justice.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
United Nations Holds Raoul Wallenberg Event
24.09.2012
The United Nations marked the centenary of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg with a special event from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on 19 September 2012 to examine his mysterious disappearance after the Second World War and the legacy he left to humankind.
The event, organized in partnership with the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, (www.un.org/holocaustremembrance) was cosponsored by the Permanent Missions of Hungary and Sweden to the United Nations and the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (www.mjhnyc.org).
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson (Sweden) and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal (Austria) made opening remarks. Ambassadors from 33 countries were in attendance, many of whom had never been to the Museum.
Dr. David G. Marwell, Museum Director, moderated a fascinating discussion with author Kati Marton, who has published Wallenberg: The Incredible Story of the Man Who Saved the Jews of Budapest, and Professor Bengt Jangfeldt, who will soon release the English translation of his book titled Raoul Wallenberg: A Biography.