Letter of Exemption signed by Wallenberg

Authors

Object ID

2021.1.118

Object Name

Collage

Date

8-24-1944

Files

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Description

Collage of Raoul Wallenberg letter, photograph and plaque.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A Letter of Exemption signed by Raoul Wallenberg issued August 24, 1944, designed to protect the daughter of a Hungarian art collector by identifying her as a Swedish subject thereby exempting her from wearing the yellow star and ultimately safeguarding her from deportation and murder in the Nazi death camps. Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from extermination during WWII, would be recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. He would be recognized as well as the 13th Honorary Citizen of the United States.

Dimensions

18 x 21 1/2"

Keywords

Raoul Wallenberg

Subcollection

Diplomats, Material

Recommended Citation

"Letter of Exemption signed by Wallenberg" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2021.1.118.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1847