Raoul Wallenberg Award

The Raoul Wallenberg Award is bestowed by The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States on "individuals, organizations, and communities whose courage, selflessness and success against great odds personified those of Raoul Wallenberg himself."[1] It has been awarded periodically since 1985, when the inaugural award was given to Wallenberg himself.[1]

Raoul Wallenberg in 1944

The most recent recipients of the award are French singer Charles Aznavour and his sister Aïda, for the work of their family, most notably their father Mischa, who sheltered Jews from the Nazis in the basement of the family home during the Third Reich's occupation of France during World War II.

The Committee has also given Civic Courage Awards since 1986.[1]

Honorees

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The following people and organizations have received Raoul Wallenberg Awards:[1]

The Roul Wallenberg Award for the year 2022 was given to an Indian from the state of Tamilnadu named Vincent Raj Arokiasamy. Also known as "Evidence Kathir" for his extraordinary efforts in saving more than 25,000 victims in 3,000 incidents of human rights violations in India.

Civic Courage Award Recipients

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The following people and organizations have received Civic Courage Awards from the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States:[1]

Raoul Wallenberg Commemorative Award

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  • Annamaria Torriani-Gorini (1987), received the Raoul Wallenberg Commemorative Award from the state chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Worcester, Massachusetts, for her work with the Resistance against the fascists during the Second World War and her efforts to house more than 800 children, who had survived the Nazi concentration camps. She, along with her husband, Luigi Gorini, found a suitable property in Selvino, a small village in the Italian province of Bergamo, to look after these children for close to three years, until they could be re-settled in Israel.[3][4]

Council of Europe Raoul Wallenberg Prize

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In 2014, the Raoul Wallenberg Prize of €10,000 was initiated by the Swedish Government the Hungarian Parliament, and the Council of Europe, to be awarded every two years to reward extraordinary humanitarian achievements.[5] The following people have received this prize:

Hungary's Raoul Wallenberg Award

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The Raoul Wallenberg Award was first given in Hungary in 2010. In 2020 the award was given to six people: Reformed Church pastor Tamás Majsai, historian and journalist Barbara Kaczvinszky, documentary filmmaker Jenő Setét, civil rights activist László Bogdan, Evangelical pastor Gábor Iványi, and church historian János Szigeti.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Raoul Wallenberg Awards". The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Microbiologist Honored for World War II Work Says She's No Heroine". Associated Press.
  4. ^ "Longtime biology professor Annamaria Torriani-Gorini dies at 94".
  5. ^ "Raoul Wallenberg Prize". Council of Europe.
  6. ^ "Dr. Amani Ballour, a paediatrician from Syria, has been awarded the Council of Europe's Raoul Wallenberg Prize". Council of Europe. 15 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Raoul Wallenberg Award Presented to Six People". Hungary Today. 16 January 2020.