31st Annual Wallenberg Lecture
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Education
Start date
Sun, Nov 01 11:00 AM
End date
Sun, Nov 01 12:00 PM
Address / City
2655 NW Market St Seattle
Location
WA, US
31st Annual Wallenberg Lecture with Washington State Senator Marko Liias
This year, the lecture will focus on LGBTQIA+ legislation in Washington state and the Nordic region. Afterward, a reception with coffee and light bites in Fjord Hall is open to all lecture attendees.
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish architect and businessman who served as Sweden's special envoy in Nazi-occupied Budapest from July to December 1944. During that time, Wallenberg issued protective passports to Jewish persons and sheltered Jews in Swedish-territory buildings, saving tens of thousands of people from deportation to concentration camps. Wallenberg was detained by the Soviet Army in 1944 and reportedly died in a communist prison in 1947. Today, he is celebrated by countries worldwide for his courageous humanitarian efforts.
This year, the lecture will focus on LGBTQIA+ legislation in Washington state and the Nordic region. Afterward, a reception with coffee and light bites in Fjord Hall is open to all lecture attendees.
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish architect and businessman who served as Sweden's special envoy in Nazi-occupied Budapest from July to December 1944. During that time, Wallenberg issued protective passports to Jewish persons and sheltered Jews in Swedish-territory buildings, saving tens of thousands of people from deportation to concentration camps. Wallenberg was detained by the Soviet Army in 1944 and reportedly died in a communist prison in 1947. Today, he is celebrated by countries worldwide for his courageous humanitarian efforts.
Organizer
National Nordic Museum
Phone
206.789.5707
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