Some of our Accomplishments

Funded five Raoul Wallenberg International Human Rights Fellowships and a Swedish Fulbright Fellowship.

Published A Hero for Our Time and Raoul Wallenberg's Children.

Houses the main Wallenberg related research center in America. Serves as a primary resource for scholars, films, television, radio, books, and articles.

Circulates an exhibit, A TRIBUTE TO RAOUL WALLENBERG, throughout the United States.

Since 1981, the Committee has worked with Congress, the State Department, and the Swedish government.

The Committee helps fund the ongoing search concerning Raoul Wallenberg's fate.

Due to the Committee, the Senate Select Committee has added Raoul Wallenberg's name to the official list of American POW's.

Sponsored the renaming of the sidewalk fronting the United Nations as "Raoul Wallenberg Walk".

Distributed over 80,000 free information packets on Raoul Wallenberg.

In 1985 the committee began work for the issuance of a United States postal stamp to honor Raoul Wallenberg. The stamp was issued in 1997.

Sponsored the naming of sites in numerous states to honor Wallenberg.

Serves as the primary research source in the United States for information that pertains to Raoul Wallenberg, his life, his work in Hungary, and his arrest and imprisonment.

Established October 5, 1989 as Raoul Wallenberg Recognition Day by Congressional Resolution.

1991-2001, developed A STUDY OF HEROES, one of America's outstanding character education programs. This is the Committee's "living monument to Raoul Wallenberg's deeds of courage." The program is in use in 48 states and three foreign countries, and has reached over 1,000,000 American students to date.

 

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