Editing Raoul Wallenberg (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Raoul Wallenberg memorial London.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bronze statue of Raoul Wallenberg at London near [[Marble Arch]]]]

===Honours===
{{main|List of honours dedicated to Raoul Wallenberg}}
A considerable number of honours, memorials and statues have been dedicated to the memory of Wallenberg. Among them, the [[International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation]], a non-governmental organization which researches Holocaust rescuers and advocates for their recognition, was named in his honor.

===Wallenberg myth===
In a 2004 paper, Hungarian historian and Holocaust survivor [[Randolph L. Braham]] discussed the mythologizing of Wallenberg's rescue activities. Braham notes that Wallenberg's rescue activities did not start in earnest until the [[Arrow Cross coup]] in October 1944, and reached their greatest proportions during the siege. He found that through personal heroism and diplomatic support, Wallenberg managed to save about 7,000 to 9,000 Jews. However, during the [[Cold War]], his death was exploited in Western anti-Soviet propaganda; in order to make the "Soviet crime" seem worse, his rescue operations were greatly exaggerated. Wallenberg was incorrectly identified as the savior of all Jews in Budapest, or at least 100,000 of them, in official statements as well as many popular books and documentaries. As a result, the rescue efforts of other agents in Budapest have been marginalized or ignored.<ref name="Braham">{{cite journal |last1=Braham |first1=Randolph L. |author-link1=Randolph L. Braham |title=Rescue Operations in Hungary: Myths and Realities |journal=East European Quarterly |date=2004 |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=183–184 |language=en}}</ref>

Israeli historian [[Yehuda Bauer]], who puts the number of lives saved by Wallenberg at 4,500, states Lutz and other neutral emissaries saved more Jews, but Wallenberg was the only one who frequently confronted the Nazis and their Arrow Cross accomplices. Although "fact and fiction mixed" in the testimony of Jewish survivors about Wallenberg after the war, Bauer writes, Wallenberg's "fame was certainly justified by his extraordinary exploits". Bauer also points out that the focus on heroic actions taken by Wallenberg and other non-Jewish rescuers obscures the heroism of Jews who also carried out rescue actions in Budapest in the final months and were forgotten after liberation. According to Bauer, Wallenberg had a modest personality and would have rejected fictionalized anecdotes and exaggerated totals.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bauer |first1=Yehuda |author-link=Yehuda Bauer |title=Jews for Sale?: Nazi-Jewish Negotiations, 1933–1945 |date=1994 |location=New Haven |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=9780300059137 |language=en |pages=[https://archive.org/details/jewsforsalenazij00baue/page/234 234, 238–239] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/jewsforsalenazij00baue/page/234 }}</ref>

===In popular culture===
[[File:P090413PS-0577 (12241511983).jpg|thumb|US President [[Barack Obama]] and Swedish Prime Minister [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]] viewing possessions of Wallenberg at the [[Great Synagogue of Stockholm]], September 2013]]

==== Film ====
A number of films have been made of Wallenberg's life, including the 1985 made-for-television movie ''[[Wallenberg: A Hero's Story]]'' (1985), starring [[Richard Chamberlain]], the 1990 Swedish production ''[[Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg]]'', featuring [[Stellan Skarsgård]], and various documentaries,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w3.osaarchivum.org/secondlife/filmography.html |title=Raoul Wallenberg in film |publisher=[[Blinken Open Society Archives]] |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> such as ''Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive'' (1984), the [[AACTA Awards|AFI Award]]-winning ''Raoul Wallenberg, Between The Lines'' (1985) and ''Searching for Wallenberg'' (2003). He also appears in the Spanish television series ''[[El ángel de Budapest]]'' and is played by [[Iván Fenyő]] -  the series features relatives and the Winnipeg lawyer still piloting inquiries into his case, and was released in Canada and broadcast on the Bravo! network.

==== Art ====
Wallenberg is featured prominently in the work of painter and Holocaust survivor [[Alice Lok Cahana]] whose father was saved by Wallenberg.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

==== Music ====
* "Wallenberg" (1982) is a track by ''The (Hypothetical) Prophets'', a band project of [[Bernard Szajner]].
* "Raoul Wallenberg" (1991) is a track on the album ''[[Rude Awakening (Andy Irvine album)|Rude Awakening]]'' by [[Andy Irvine (musician)|Andy Irvine]].

==== Opera ====
* ''[[Wallenberg (opera)|Wallenberg]]''. Opera premiered at the [[Opernhaus Dortmund]] on 5 May 2001.<ref name="Estonia1">{{cite web |url= http://www.emic.ee/performances-of-erkki-sven-tuurs-opera--wallenberg--in-germany|title=News|website=Emic.ee|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Estonia3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/sandH/2009/jan-jun09/wallenberg0506.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061435/http://www.musicweb-international.com/sandH/2009/jan-jun09/wallenberg0506.htm|url-status=dead|title=Erkki-Sven Tüür,&nbsp; Wallenberg: at the Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 5.6.2009 (GF)| archive-date=4 March 2016|website=www.musicweb-international.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.operundtanz.de/archiv/2001/04/bericht-dortmund.shtml|title=Oper & Tanz 2001/04: Berichte, Uraufführung von Tüürs 'Wallenberg' in Dortmund|website=Operundteanz.de|access-date=30 March 2016}}<br/>{{cite web | url= http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/media/programmheft/Programmheft_WALLENBERG_01.pdf | title= Wallenberg Programm | publisher= Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe | website= Staatstheater.karlsruhe.de | access-date= 11 August 2020 | archive-date= 2 April 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162559/http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/media/programmheft/Programmheft_WALLENBERG_01.pdf | url-status= dead }}</ref>
** Composer [[Erkki-Sven Tüür]], Libretto of [[:de:Lutz Hübner|Lutz Hübner]]
* ''Raoul''. Opera premiered at the [[Theater Bremen]] on 21 February 2008.<ref name="Gershon1">{{cite web|url=http://www.operacompetition.hu/english.asp?id=33|title=Hasznos infók egy helyen|work=Operacompetition.hu|access-date=30 March 2016|archive-date=28 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728054348/http://www.operacompetition.hu/english.asp?id=33|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Gershon2">{{cite web |url= http://njjewishnews.com/article/9112/holocaust-education-fund-to-honor-raoul-wallenberg| title=Holocaust education fund to honor Raoul Wallenberg |work=New Jersey Jewish News | first= Johanna R.| last= Ginsberg| date= 18 April 2012 |access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref>
** Composer [[Gershon Kingsley]], Libretto of [[Michael Kunze]]