Naslov
Raoul Wallenberg : junaštvo, mit i misterij švedskog diplomata
(Raoul Wallenberg : Heroism, Myth and Mystery of a Swedish Diplomat)

Autori
Havel, Boris

Izvornik
Radovi (Zavod za hrvatsku povijest) (0353-295X) 46 (2014), 1; 325-359

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Raoul Wallenberg ; Sweden ; Holocaust ; Jews ; Hungary ; USSR ; diplomacy ; bureaucracy

Sažetak
U članku je predstavljena biografija Raoula Wallenberga, švedskoga diplomata koji je u drugoj polovici 1944. spasio tisuće mađarskih Židova od deportacija u logore smrti. Opisana je njegova diplomatska služba u Budimpešti te način na koji su u Drugome svjetskom ratu švedska administracija i diplomacija djelovale na spašavanju europskih Židova i drugih žrtava nacizma. Drugi dio članka posvećen je Wallenbergovu nestanku nakon sovjetske okupacije Mađarske. Obrađene su neke pretpostavke o tome kako i zašto su Sovjeti oteli Wallenberga, a osobito razlozi zbog kojih je švedska država godinama poduzimala malo ili skoro ništa kako bi aktualizirala pitanje sudbine svojega nestalog diplomata.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Povijest

Napomena
The article presents a short biography of Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews in 1944. An overview is presented of his diplomatic activity in Budapest and the way in which the Swedish state administration and diplomacy acted on behalf of the Hungarian and other European Jews during the Holocaust. The second part of the article is focused on Wallenberg’s disappearance after the Soviet occupation of Hungary. Attention is paid to Swedish years-long passivity and possible reasons why the Kingdom of Sweden, so successful in applying its diplomatic skills in rescuing victims of Nazism, made few significant efforts to find its missing diplomat or pursue truth about his fate. Swedish business dealings with German war industries executed by banks and companies owned or influenced by the Wallenberg dynasty, are discussed in the context of the Soviet capture of Raoul Wallenberg, and post-war Swedish relations toward the USSR. The article introduces the reader to some of the important texts and biographies of Raoul Wallenberg, including published official researches, particularly Reports of the Swedish-Russian Working Group composed after the breakup of the USSR. In addition, a main source text for this article has been Ingrid Carlberg’s biography of Raoul Wallenberg, published in Swedish in 2012, when the hundredth anniversary of his birth was commemorated. The author concluded the article with some reflections about the possible reasons behind the fact that for seven decades the fate of one of the greatest heroes of Swedish history, and possibly the most successful and famous individual rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust, has remained a mystery.

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