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Holocaust: Document Issued by Swedish Red Cross under the Authority of Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary in 1944 Giving Pr...
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Holocaust: Document Issued by Swedish Red Cross under the Authority of Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary in 1944 Giving Protection to a Jewish Woman Doctor. The document is one page, 8" x 11", Budapest, Hungary, October 14, 1944, on Swedish Red Cross Stationary, in Hungarian and German. An approximate translation reads, "We certify hereby that Miss Marianne Krieger is a member of the branch of the Swedish Red Cross in Hungary and is therefore under our protection. We ask the authorities to grant to the above the utmost support in her activities." The woman pictured and mentioned in the document was actually an Austrian Jewish chemist who, in 1942, walked from Vienna to Budapest in hopes of finding refuge from the Nazis in Hungary. For a while she lived with relative comfort and security, but in March 1944 Germany occupied Hungary. The Nazis and their Hungarian allies, the Arrow Cross Party, deported nearly 440,000 Jews to concentration camps, primarily Auschwitz. When Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest in July 1944, for the express purpose of saving Jewish lives, this lady sought his help and protection. He had this document issued in her assumed name, thereby saving her life. Most of the documents Wallenberg issued were Schutz-Pass, "protective passports", which identified the bearers as Swedish subjects awaiting repatriation and thus prevented their deportation. This rare document has minor weakness at the folds, else fine. From the Collection of the American Red Cross.Auction Info
2009 December Signature Arms & Militaria Including Civil War Auction #6021 (go to Auction Home page)
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