Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest: Myth, History and Holocaust, Paul A. Levine (London and Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2010), xviii + 392 pp., cloth 74.95, pbk. 32.95

Raoul Wallenberg's story has emerged as one of the bright lights shining through a dark period of modern European history. Some Hungarian Jewish survivors have viewed him as virtually an angel from heaven, others as a genuine “altruistic personality.” For some he was a hero racing around Budape...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Dietrich, Donald J. 1941- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Review
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Έκδοση: Oxford University Press 2012
Στο/Στη: Holocaust and genocide studies
Έτος: 2012, Τόμος: 26, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 144-145
Κριτική του:Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest (London [u.a.] : Mitchell, 2010) (Dietrich, Donald J.)
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Σύνοψη:Raoul Wallenberg's story has emerged as one of the bright lights shining through a dark period of modern European history. Some Hungarian Jewish survivors have viewed him as virtually an angel from heaven, others as a genuine “altruistic personality.” For some he was a hero racing around Budapest to save Jews. Literature, film, and television have created a man of mythic heroism. As Levine suggests, however, Wallenberg can also be seen as an ordinary man confronting extraordinary evil., Levine effectively argues that the myths detract from Wallenberg's real-life story, contending that Wallenberg becomes an even more significant moral symbol when the historical complexities are understood.
ISSN:1476-7937
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcs020