Wallenberg Days > 2024 Raoul Wallenberg Day
Local researcher and author Tore Jørgensen will tell you the story of hundreds of Norwegian policemen who refused to collaborate with the occupiers.
Norman Gladstone, long-serving volunteer leader of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, will speak about the inspiring rescue of Denmark's Jewish population from the Holocaust.
Sunday, January 21, 2024 / 1:30 pm
Congregation Beth Israel, 989 West 28th Avenue,, Vancouver, BC
During World War Two, in German-occupied Denmark and Norway, dramatic events demanded that people exhibit Civil Courage to defy Nazi policies that threatened the human rights of countrymen.
"Passage to Sweden" tells the story of diplomats who saved Jews in Scandanavia and the rest of Europe.
View the program and list of supporters for the 2024 Raoul Wallenberg Day event.
View a video of all the speeches delivered at the 2024 Raoul Wallenberg Day event.
Discover "Passage to Sweden", a documentary on WWII heroes saving Jews in Scandinavia
Explore 2024 Wallenberg Day titles on wartime courage in Scandinavia at the Scandinavian Community Centre.
Celebration of Courage - an article by Gene Homel published in the Jewish Independent on January 12, 2024.
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