Guest Blog: Remembering Raoul Wallenberg

I can't believe this guy Cotler! For years he was in the cabinet of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin while they routinely lined up with the enemies of Israel at the UN and elsewhere. Never a peep from Cotler. Now he's out of office, he's a born again Jew! Oy, the power of Tshuvah!

An inspiring piece on an inspiring human being written by an inspiring person .

Israel should creat a settlement or suburb in Jersualem called "Wallenberg Garden". This would remind the World & Jews the worthy of his life. For Israel this would show the world that Israel respects the suffering of those people who helped Jews. It is people like Wallenberg that understand the meaning of "GOD chosen people" Wallenberg believed and therefore, He to is a Chosen People with Jews chosen by GOD, such as Abraham, Isaac & Jacob.

Thank you for writing such a beautiful tribute and keeping Raoul Wallenberg's magical light of hope and heroism alive.

When I was in the Israeli army and on a tour at Yad Vashem, we were met by a curator there, who pointed out that, as three generations have passed, we should think also that 100,000 souls then means many more souls of the Jewish people today. All together, the "Wallenberg Jews" and their decedents might well exceed the number of inhabitants of Jerusalem today, he said. This thought certainly inspired me with the greatest awe for this man.

Bravo to Mr. Cotler! He makes us very proud as Jews and and as Canadians! Raoul Wallenberg certainly deserves to be remembered as a true tzadech!!

Mike- You wrote:
I can't believe this guy Cotler! For years he was in the cabinet of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin ... Never a peep from Cotler. Now he's out of office, he's a born again Jew!...
The fact is that Cotler never waivered in the pursuit of justice, of international human rights, and in his principles. Your attack is beneath contempt and has absolutely no place on Raoul Wallenberg Day, yet another case and cause that "Cotler" has espoused for decades - before, during, and after his time in the Canadian government (though he never did serve in Chretien's Cabinet...)

Another Swede, Count Bernadotte, didn't do so well.. Interesting though, is his diary note about the Palestinians at that time:

"The Palestinian Arabs had at present no will of their own. Neither have they ever developed any specifically Palestinian nationalism. The demand for a separate Arab state in Palestine is consequently relatively weak. It would seem as though in existing circumstances most of the Palestinian Arabs would be quite content to be incorporated in Transjordan."

I was in Budapest in 1944.

My wife and my mother in law was saved
by him,so were many of my friends.

We will never forget this real human being.

Raul Wallenberg, a magnificent man, took decisive action as God himself should have, finally confronting the infinite evil that the Germans and their collaborators had unleashed on the innocent, unarmed Jews of Europe. It is time for this most heroic of men to be fully recognized and his monumental heroism joyfully celebrated in Israel, in Sweden and throughout the free world. May his good name, bravery and loving kindness be celebrated forever.

To MIKE from Toronto,

Irwin has always done a lot for the Jewish people. What have you done?

I grew up as a child on the corner of Wallenberg street , the street dedicated to his memory in Budapest. To this day I have a photo of him on my desk reminding me that not only did he save my grandmother, but that there is some hope for humanity. Raoul Wallenberg was a true hero.
Thank you Irwin Cotler for a fitting tribute

Kudos for your tribute to Raoul Wallenberg Mr. Cotler, and now, as one who has been unjustly attacked by one of the otherwise laudable commentators, how about helping clear up the fallacious shroud obscuring the reputation of Pope Pius the Xll, based upon a work of fiction whose misrepresentation of the facts, (though the author himself admitted the Pope had actually done much) caused me for years, even though a Catholic, to wonder what would have happened if the Pope had thrown open the doors to the Vatican? Years later, I found out that he had.

Raoul Wallenberg saved my and my mother's lifes on at least two occasions.On Nov 1944 my mother and myself were pulled from a group who were sent on a death march to Austria.The second time on January 16,when upon his interference, the Wemacht General Schmidhuber posted guards at the Budapest Ghetto to prevent the Arrow Cross to carry out their planned massacre. May God bless their souls.

Raoul Wallenberg embodied the light in the darkest period of mankind.
Our Foundation callsl upon parents to name their newborns after Raoul.
Coincidentally, the grandson of Ms Barbara Mooyart-Doubleday, the translator into English of Anne Frank's diary, was named Raoul after the Swedish hero.
The other campaign - "100,000 names for 100,000 lives", demands from Mr Putin's administration to provide clear and credible answers about Raoul Wallenberg's fate.