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AK SCR18
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Establishes August 4, 2012, as Raoul Wallenberg Remembrance Day in Alaska to honor the Swedish diplomat's humanitarian efforts during World War II
- Recognizes Wallenberg's role in saving more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews and Nazi victims from death camps between July and December 1944 while serving as a Swedish diplomat in Budapest
- Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Wallenberg's birth on August 4, 1912, and notes his 1981 designation as an honorary U.S. citizen by Congress and President Ronald Reagan
- Acknowledges Wallenberg's imprisonment and death in a Soviet Gulag under Josef Stalin's regime following the fall of Nazi Germany, in violation of his diplomatic immunity and international law
- References U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, who was rescued by Wallenberg in Budapest and later served as economic adviser to former Alaska Congressman Mike Gravel
Legislative Description
Raoul Wallenberg Remembrance Day
International Relations
Last Action
PERMANENTLY FILED 8/8 LEGIS RESOLVE 33
8/9/2012
Committee Referrals
State Affairs1/18/2012
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