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Searching for Wallenberg, April 2015
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Searching for Wallenberg
Alan Lelchuk

Mandevilla Press
April 2015
On Sale: April 7, 2015
ISBN: 1942134037
EAN: 9781942134039
Kindle: B00VSCLSX2
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Mystery | Literature and Fiction

After reading a graduate student's thesis about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews in Budapest from 1944 to 1945, Professor Manny Gellerman--part-time detective, historian, and novelist--follows the twists and turns along unorthodox paths and uncovers some uncomfortable truths that may explain what happened when Wallenberg was arrested by the Soviets in 1945, taken to Moscow, and left to fester in a Lybianka prison.

Now more than 65 years later, Gellerman begins unthreading these mysteries--and discovers that the deepest may be Wallenberg, himself. Who was the real man behind the legendary persona of noble diplomat and savior of Budapest Jews? Gellerman's quest eventually leads him to a Jewish Hungarian woman, who claims she is Raoul Wallenberg's daughter. At once a detective story and an unusual love story, this novel within a novel is filled with multiple layers and surprising characters that all lead to a deeper understanding of this enigmatic hero.

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1 comment posted.

Re: Searching for Wallenberg

I don't recall if we were ever taught about Mr. Wallenberg
when History was being taught in school, since I have never
heard about this amazing man until now. I'm so grateful
that you have kept History alive, by writing about this
Heroic man, who tried to make a difference. My Father
served in the Army during WWII, and was in the thick of
things, so when a book like this comes along, it has a
special meaning to me. I've put it on my TBR list, and am
looking forward to what you uncovered about Mr. Wallenberg.
I enjoyed your posing as well, and congratulate you on this
wonderful book, which I hope will do very well. Stories
like this need to be kept alive!!
(Peggy Roberson 10:23am May 15, 2015)