Downtown Montreal in Montréal, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)
Raoul Wallenberg
1912 — ?
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
1. Raoul Wallenberg Marker
Under the noses of the brutal Nazi occupiers and their cohorts, Wallenberg established safe houses under the Swedish flag and issued many thousands of Swedish “safe passes,” thus affording shelter, food, and protection to those who would have otherwise surely perished.
Arrested and imprisoned by the Soviet authorities in January 1945, he was never released and his fate remains unknown. He was made an Honourary Citizen of Canada in 1985.
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Face à la brutalité des occupants nazis et de leurs cohortes, Raoul Wallenberg établit des maisons protégées sous l'égide du drapeau suédois et émit des milliers de laissez-passer suédois offrant aux nombreuses personnes qui auraient certainement péri sans son aide hébergement, nourriture et protection.
Arrêté et incarcéré par les autorités soviétiques en janvier 1945, ne fut jamais libéré et son destin reste inconnu. Ila été nommé Citoyen d'Honneur du Canada en 1985.
Sculptor Paul Lancz 1995 Sculpteur
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Location. 45° 30.244′ N, 73° 34.222′ W. Marker is in Montréal, Québec. It is in Downtown Montreal. It can be reached from Union Avenue just east of Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest, on the right when traveling east. The marker and sculpture are located in Raoul Wallenberg Square, on the north side of Christ Church Cathedral. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1444 Union Avenue, Montréal QC H3B 1B7, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: La Cathédrale Christ Church / Christ Church Cathedral (within shouting distance of this marker); The Canada Cement Company Building / L'édifice de la compagnie Canada Cement
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
2. Raoul Wallenberg Marker & Sculpture
Also see . . .
1. Raoul Wallenberg (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian. 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 which he declared as Swedish territory.(Submitted on March 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)On 17 January 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, agents of SMERSH detained Wallenberg on suspicion of espionage, and he subsequently disappeared. 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.
As a result of his successful efforts to rescue Hungarian Jews, Wallenberg has been the subject of numerous humanitarian honours in the decades following his presumed death. In 1981, US Congressman Tom Lantos, one of those saved by Wallenberg, sponsored a bill making Wallenberg an honorary citizen of the United States, the second person ever to receive this honour. Wallenberg also became an honorary citizen of Canada, Hungary, Australia, the United Kingdom and Israel. Numerous monuments have been dedicated to him, and streets have been named after him throughout the world. Yad Vashem estimates the number of people granted protective paperwork as about 4,500 individuals.
2. Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
3. Raoul Wallenberg Sculpture
Excerpt: 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 March 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
4. Raoul Wallenberg Marker & Sculpture
The northeast corner of Christ Church Cathedral is in the background.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
5. Raoul Wallenberg Square
This quiet corner of the church grounds is dedicated to Raoul Wallenberg.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 148 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 21, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
