Dear Students from Israel and Birmingham,

Well done, everyone, on your beautiful responses on your community heroes.

We are going to study a hero together now: Raoul Wallenberg

Here are some resources about Raoul Wallenberg. Research him and answer some questions about him. Was he a hero and why? Answer the questions on the discussion page.

Please share your answers with other students.

1) Why is Raoul Wallenberg a hero?

2) Is Raoul Wallenberg well known - in Sweden? In Russia? In America? In Israel?

3) How many lives has he affected or improved?

4) What happened to him?

5) Post an interesting or surprising fact about Raoul Wallenberg.

The following websites are excellent resources about the life of Raoul Wallenberg:

English


http://www.raoulwallenberg.se/index.html

http://www.google.co.il/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7WZPA_en-US&q=raoul+wallenberg&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=0qdrTZzADI6gOovCjaoI&ved=0CEkQsAQ&biw=1003&bih=545

http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/category/wallenberg/

http://www.raoulwallenberg.org/


Hebrew עברית

http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/hungary/pirkey/11.htm

http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/he/righteous/stories/wallenberg.asp