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by Morris Wolff (Author)
A fascinating true story of one man's effort to save Swedish diplomat -War Hero Raoul Wallenberg from the dungeons of the gulag where he was thrown after the KGB kidnapped him from Hungary on Jan 17, 1945. Author Morris Wolff sued the Soviets for Wallenberg's release and won a 39 million dollar verdict. Then Wolff went to Israel to enlist the Mossad in a rescue effort and in 1998 enlisted former US Ambassador to Moscow David M Evans. Evans, in the final pages of the book, goes to Kazan and amazingly finds Wallenberg alive in a hospital overlooking the Volga River. Read the details of this great rescue effort and the road blocks placed in Wolff's path by the governments of Sweden, Russia and the USA. Wolff wins the US Symphony Peace Award for his efforts at Carnegie Hall in New York in September of 1993 and then doubles his effort to rescue Wallenberg----a bloodhound selfless effort of 27 years with only certain members of the Wallenberg familiy helping him---while the majority of the family fight vociferously against Wolff's innocent and dedicated effort. The rich bankers in the family fight lawyer Wolff at every step of the way. They have much to hide as collaborators. They do not want Raoul free. This mystery-detective story---all true--will educate, inform and thrill you!
Author Biography
Morris Wolff is a distinguished and highly experienced trial lawyer and public prosecutor. Educated at the Yale Law School, his first assignment was to work directly with Robert F Kennedy on the Civil Rights and Immigration laws of the USA. Tapped by Raoul wallenberg's only brother and other members of the Wallenberg family in 1983 Morris Wolff worked pro bono and without fee for 30 years to achieve the rescue and freedom of Raoul Wallenberg. The details are in his book. He has taught International Law at Kings College in London and the University of Pennylvania in Philadelphia, the city of his birth where he has practiced law for 35 years. He has won many awards. Presently he is the Holland America Lines Distinguished guest lecturer on Wallenberg, Teddy Roosevelt and American History. You can join Morris on one of his HAL cruises by contacting Holland America c/0 Lynn Garfi at 800 355 3017 ext.29334 or lgarfi@hollndamerica.com. Morris is fluent in French, Spanish and German. He served as the first Secretary General of AIESEC, an international business student exchange program with programs in 85 countries and over 5,000 exchanges per year. In September of 1993 Morris was given the United nations Peace Award for his work on the Raoul Wallenberg rescue effort and his efforts to achieve international peace through student exchange.
