19th Annual Raoul Wallenberg Dinner
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Celebration
Start date
Thu, Oct 24 01:30 PM
End date
Thu, Oct 24 05:00 PM
Address / City
3014 NW 67th St. Seattle
Location
WA, US
You are invited to join the Nordic and Jewish communities of Seattle for the 19th Annual Raoul Wallenberg Dinner. The event is held each year in honor of the life of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg who helped save thousands of Jews from Nazi extermination camps during the final stages of WWII.
Keynote speaker and special guest Olle Wästberg led the international preparations for the celebration of the centennial of Raoul Wallenberg’s birth in 2012. Wastberg has been a member of the Swedish Parliament, State Secretary of Finance, Consul General to the city of New York, and editor-in-chief of Expressen — Sweden’s largest daily newspaper.
Tickets are $45 for Members and $50 for non-Members. Purchase your tickets online or by calling 206.789.5707 ext. 10.
The dinner is presented in collaboration with the Washington State Jewish Historical Society (WSJHS), Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center.
Keynote speaker and special guest Olle Wästberg led the international preparations for the celebration of the centennial of Raoul Wallenberg’s birth in 2012. Wastberg has been a member of the Swedish Parliament, State Secretary of Finance, Consul General to the city of New York, and editor-in-chief of Expressen — Sweden’s largest daily newspaper.
Tickets are $45 for Members and $50 for non-Members. Purchase your tickets online or by calling 206.789.5707 ext. 10.
The dinner is presented in collaboration with the Washington State Jewish Historical Society (WSJHS), Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center.
Organizer
Nordic Heritage Museum
Phone
206.789.5707
Email
erins@nordicmuseum.org
