Raoul Wallenberg

The definitive biography of one of the great heroes of the Second World War

An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives, and ultimately cost him his own.

A series of unlikely coincidences led to the appointment of Wallenberg, by trade a poultry importer, as Sweden's Special Envoy to Budapest in 1944. With remarkable bravery, Wallenberg created a system of protective passports, and sheltered thousands of desperate Jews in buildings he claimed were Swedish libraries and research institutes.

As the war drew to a close, his invaluable work almost complete, Wallenberg voluntarily went to meet with the Soviet troops who were relieving the city. Arrested as a spy, Wallenberg disappeared into the depths of the Soviet system, never to be seen again.

For this seminal biography, Ingrid Carlberg has carried out unprecedented research into all elements of Wallenberg's life, narrating with vigour and insight the story of a heroic life, and navigating with wisdom and sensitivity the truth about his disappearance and death.

About the Author

Ingrid Carlberg is a Swedish author, and journalist. She worked at the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter from 1990 to 2010, specialising in investigative and narrative journalism.

Ingrid Carlberg's biography of Raoul Wallenberg, There Is a Room Here Waiting for You... (Norstedts, 2012), was awarded the August Prize for the best Swedish work of non-fiction in 2012 and also received the Swedish Academy's Axel Hirsch Prize in 2013 for "a biography of considerable artistic and cultural history merit."

In January 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine at Uppsala University for her book Pillret (The Pill, Norstedts, 2008). Pillret was also awarded the Guldspaden,a prize for the best work of investigative journalism in 2008. In 2012/2013 Carlberg was a guest professor at JMG, G teborg's University.

Ingrid Carlberg lives in stersk r outside Stockholm. She is also the author of four novels for children and young adults.