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How Russia Defeated Napoleon – Professor Dominic Lieven

Professor Lieven, author of Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, on the factors that contributed to Napoleon’s famous defeat in Tsarist Russia. 1812 is one of the most famous…

February 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Raoul Wallenberg in Russia: Definitely not a Guest, but a Prisoner

When Soviet troops liberated Budapest by the middle of January 1945, it marked the end of the harrowing ordeal suffered by Hungary’s Jewish population at the hands of German and…

February 1, 2012No CommentRead More

We Can Learn From Raoul Wallenberg’s Example in Budapest – Eskil Franck

2012 has been declared the Year of Raoul Wallenberg in Sweden and marks 100 years since the birth of the human rights hero. Here, Eskil Franck, Director of the Living…

January 11, 20121 CommentRead More

Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest 1944: An Atmosphere of Rescue – Robert Rozett

When Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Hungary in July 1944 a joint diplomatic and local Jewish effort to aid the persecuted Jews in Hungary was already underway. From early in the…

October 6, 2011No CommentRead More

If Russian Authorities Lied About Raoul Wallenberg, Then What? – Susanne Berger

Now that researchers have shown in two proven instances that Russia for many decades has deliberately withheld key information in the Raoul Wallenberg case, where does that leave the investigation…

September 7, 2011No CommentRead More

Missing Documents Raise Suspicions Over Swedish Diplomat Missing Since WWII

New information and insights gained from Russian archives have re-opened the debate over whether Russian officials intentionally withheld key information in the case of Raoul Wallenberg – an infamous diplomat…

August 1, 2011No CommentRead More