He was a man who saved over 100,000 lives, risking his own for each one. Then he disappeared. Raoul Wallenberg was considered a great hero for many reasons: his background, heroic actions and influence on many people, including myself.
Despite his father's death, Raoul had an exceptionally privileged childhood. He was born on August 4, 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. His mother, Maj, gave birth at the age of twenty-one, three months widowed. Raoul's father died of cancer as an officer in the Swedish navy. When Raoul was six years old, his mother married Frederic Von Dardel. Dardel, already with a son and daughter, supplied Raoul with a brother a sister. The new family became very close.
Although Dardel was a very influential and well-off man, the rest of Raoul's family was also rich and powerful. One was an ambassador to the Swedish embassy in Japan and another a bishop for the Lutheran church. One uncle was the first professor of neurology and another was a jeweler and advisor to......

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Title: Wallenberg's Life, From The Cradle To The…end?
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