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A Hero's Many Faces - Raoul Wallenberg in Contemporary Monuments (Hardcover)
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A Hero's Many Faces - Raoul Wallenberg in Contemporary Monuments (Hardcover)
Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts
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Raoul Wallenberg is widely remembered for his humanitarian activity
on behalf of the Hungarian Jews in Budapest at the end of World War
II, and known as the Swedish diplomat who disappeared into the
Soviet Gulag in 1945. Today, Wallenberg's example is used to
communicate humanitarian values and human rights in many democratic
societies. His story incorporates a classical hero narrative which
has survived the 'un-heroic' 20th century.
In 2008, there exist thirty-one Wallenberg monuments in twelve
countries on five continents, from Hungary to Sweden, from Canada
to Chile, from Australia to Russia. The rich diversity of the
monuments invites to discuss the different concepts of Wallenberg
and heroism as expressed in the artists' works. The art-historical
focus of this interdisciplinary study makes it a valuable
contribution to the discussion of personal monuments, as well as to
the socio-historical research on the commemoration of Wallenberg
and the concept of the hero.
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