Welcome to a talk about the rescue efforts in Budapest 1944, with focus on the Righteous Among the Nations Ángel Sanz Briz and Raoul Wallenberg. Join Juan Carlos Sanz-Briz, son of Ángel Sanz Briz and Cecilia Åhlberg, Raoul Wallenbergs grandniece, for a talk moderated by Anna Urombi, General Secretary of Raoul Wallenberg Academy.

Time: Wednesday 17 September at 6 pm
Place: The Jewish Museum, Själagårdsgatan 19 in Gamla stan

1944. Ángel Sanz Briz and Raoul Wallenberg were young Spanish and Swedish diplomats posted in Budapest during the Holocaust. Shortly after the invasion of the country by Hitler, on witnessing murders and mass deportations of Jews to concentration camps, they undertook it to rescue them from police stations, train stations and death marches. They provided shelter at Embassy premises and issued protective travel documents. By working together, they helped save thousands of Jewish lives. They were both declared Righteous Among the Nations.

The talk is a collaboration between The Spanish Embassy, Raoul Wallenberg Academy and The Jewish Museum in Stockholm.

Free of charge, limited places

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Image: Ángel Sanz Briz, unknown Hungarian photographer, 1944. Colorized image of Raoul Wallenberg standing at a desk, Raoul Wallenberg Academy.