Szent István park  

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Monument To Raoul Wallenberg
How many human ears are there on the sculpture and the pedestal altogether?
3

Historical background

Here stands a monument to Raoul Wallenber — a legend man, who saved thousands of hungarian jews in 1944th. Born in a wealthy Swedish aristocratic family, Raoul got the superioir edication, he spoke several european languages and travelled the world. HIs powerfull granddad wanted him to be a banker or a business person, but Raoul didn't see himself as a moneymaker. During the World War II he emerged in Budapest with the mission to save lives of jewish people. He was always surrounded by wide range of of military men of all sorts, spies, Nazis, politicians and opportunists, dealers and fortune hunters. To accomplish his mission he used all means from bribery to pseudo-official Sweden documents for people from ghetto. He even bought and rented up to 30 houses in Budapest and declared them an Embassy compounds so that jews could live there. In 1945 he disappeared somewhere in Moscow prisons and believed to be killed in 1947th.

Present in routes of categories Griffin, Atlas

Passed by: 34/36 (94%).

By categories:

  • Atlas: 21/21 (100%)
  • Griffin: 13/15 (87%)