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1 online resource |
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Foreword / by Monika and Pieter Langlet -- Introduction / by Sune Persson -- Prelude -- The First Act : The Deportation of the Jews -- The Second Act : The Swedish Red Cross -- Intermezzo -- The Third Act : Under the Arrow Cross -- The Fourth Act : The Hungarian Republic -- A Swedish Finale. |
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Although not as well known as Raoul Wallenberg, Valdemar Langlet was the saviour of thousands of Jews in Budapest in the last two years of the Second World War. Entirely without the permission or the financial support of the Swedish Red Cross, he issued socalled 'Letters of Protection', passport-like documents with official-looking stamps that frequently saved Hungarian Jews from deportation to the death camps. Then, when chaos broke out in the streets when the Germans put their Arrow Cross allies in power, and the approaching Red Army threatened to turn the city into a battleground, he risked. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Langlet, Valdemar, 1872-1960.
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Langlet, Valdemar, 1872-1960. |
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Svenska röda korset -- History -- 20th century.
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Nyilaskeresztes Párt -- History.
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Nyilaskeresztes Párt. |
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Svenska röda korset. |
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Svenska Röda Korset. |
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Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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1900-1999 |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Hungary -- Budapest.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Swedish.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Hungary -- Budapest.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Biography.
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Swedes -- Hungary -- Budapest -- Biography.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. |
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Swedes. |
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Judenverfolgung. |
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Rettung. |
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Budapest (Hungary) -- Biography.
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Budapest (Hungary) -- History -- 20th century.
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Hungary -- Budapest. |
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Ungarn. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Personal narratives Swedish.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781783830275 : $10.99 |
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1783830271 : $10.99 |
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