Downtown Commercial in Calgary in Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)
Raoul Wallenberg Corner
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2022
1. Raoul Wallenberg Corner Marker
The City of Calgary has named this place ‘Raoul Wallenberg Corner’. As a Swedish diplomat stationed in Hungary towards the end of World War II, Raoul Wallenberg saved some 100,000 lives. In so doing, he forfeited his freedom forty years ago today. In honouring this extraordinary man, the City of Calgary honours itself. May ‘Raoul Wallenberg Corner’ forever be a testimonial to the invincibility of the human spirit.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is January 17, 1945.
Location. 51° 2.773′ N, 114° 3.469′ W. Marker is in Calgary, Alberta, in Calgary Metropolitan Region. It is in Downtown Commercial. Marker is on Macleod Trail Southeast just south of 7 Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located near the northwest corner of the Calgary City Hall grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 Macleod Trail Southeast, Calgary AB T2G 5E6, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Calgary City Hall (a few steps from this marker); Calgary World War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Calgary City Hall / Hôtel de ville de Calgary (within shouting distance of this marker); This Cairn is Erected to Commemorate the Following (about 120
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1. Raoul Wallenberg (Wikipedia).
He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings he declared as Swedish territory. On 17 January 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, Wallenberg was detained by SMERSH on suspicion of espionage and subsequently disappeared.(Submitted on April 28, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)In 1957, 12 years after his disappearance, he was reported by Soviet authorities to have died of a suspected myocardial infarction on 17 July 1947 while imprisoned in the Lubyanka, the prison at the headquarters of the NKVD secret
police in Moscow. However, the cause and date of death have been disputed ever since.Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 20222. Raoul Wallenberg Corner Marker(marker is just behind the wrought iron fence, with Calgary City Hall in the background)
2. Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest.
By July 1944, the Hungarians and the Germans had deported nearly 440,000 Jews from Hungary, almost all of them to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where the SS killed approximately 320,000 of them upon arrival and deployed the rest at forced labor in Auschwitz and other camps. When Soviet forces liberated Budapest in February 1945, more than 100,000 Jews remained, mostly because of the efforts of Wallenberg and his colleagues. Wallenberg was posthumously granted American citizenship in 1981, and in 1985 the portion of the street on which the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC is located was renamed in his honor.(Submitted on April 28, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 28, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
