Raoul Wallenberg - Buried Alive

Duration: 78

Genre: Educational

Creator: Rubicon Film Prod Ltd

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Carefully reconstructs the true story of a young man who became one of the great heroes of World War II without wearing a uniform or firing a gun. Raoul Wallenberg, a wealthy Swedish protestant, personally saved the lives of at least 100,000 Hungarian Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. In accomplishing this feat, Wallenberg himself disappeared into the unfathomable labyrinth of the Soviet prisons.The film contains a wealth of archival material that graphically shows the rise of the ruthless "Arrowcross Nazis" in Hungary. Astounding footage of ghetto pogroms and the enforced death marches are interwoven with interviews with survivors who owe their lives to Wallenberg, and those who have reported seeing him alive. Buried Alive provides the most detailed and moving exploration of one of the modern world's heroic tragedies. , The story of Raoul Wallenberg, the wealthy Swedish diplomat who rescued 100,000 Hungarian Jews from Nazi extermination in Budapest, 1944. Since his unexplained arrest by the liberating Russian army in 1945, strong evidence indicates he is still alive within the vast Soviet prison system. Intercut with period footage and still photos are interviews with survivors, Wallenberg's family, colleagues, and witnesses to Wallenberg's whereabouts in Russia.

Complete Record: Carefully reconstructs the true story of a young man who became one of the great heroes of World War II without wearing a uniform or firing a gun. Raoul Wallenberg, a wealthy Swedish protestant, personally saved the lives of at least 100,000 Hungarian Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. In accomplishing this feat, Wallenberg himself disappeared into the unfathomable labyrinth of the Soviet prisons.The film contains a wealth of archival material that graphically shows the rise of the ruthless "Arrowcross Nazis" in Hungary. Astounding footage of ghetto pogroms and the enforced death marches are interwoven with interviews with survivors who owe their lives to Wallenberg, and those who have reported seeing him alive. Buried Alive provides the most detailed and moving exploration of one of the modern world's heroic tragedies. , The story of Raoul Wallenberg, the wealthy Swedish diplomat who rescued 100,000 Hungarian Jews from Nazi extermination in Budapest, 1944. Since his unexplained arrest by the liberating Russian army in 1945, strong evidence indicates he is still alive within the vast Soviet prison system. Intercut with period footage and still photos are interviews with survivors, Wallenberg's family, colleagues, and witnesses to Wallenberg's whereabouts in Russia. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.