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The story of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg and the author's efforts to rescue him from Soviet Union imprisonment It is widely known that the Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, worked in Budapest, Hungary, during WWII to save the lives of over 100,000 Jews from Nazi extermination. But what happened after the hero disappeared in 1946? This never-before told story reveals Wallenberg's detention by the Russians and relates the legal and diplomatic efforts of the author, Morris Wolff, and others to gain (or impede) his release from the Soviet Union. Playing a role in the saga are such participants as Chief Justice John Roberts, President Richard Nixon, President Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger and Leonid Brezhnev. Attorney Wolff's efforts to gain justice for the kidnapped Swedish hero, which began in 1983, continue to this day.

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Morris Wolff is a distinguished and highly experienced trial lawyer and public prosecutor. Educated at the Yale Law School, his first assignment was to work directly with Robert F Kennedy on the Civil Rights and Immigration laws of the USA. Tapped by Raoul Wallenberg's only brother and other members of the Wallenberg family in 1983 Morris Wolff worked pro bono and without fee for 30 years to achieve the rescue and freedom of Raoul Wallenberg. The details are in his book. He has taught International Law at Kings College in London and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the city of his birth where he has practiced law for 35 years. He has won many awards. Presently he is the Holland America Lines Distinguished guest lecturer on Wallenberg, Teddy Roosevelt and American History. You can join Morris on one of his HAL cruises by contacting Holland America c/0 Lynn Garfi at 800 355 3017 ext.29334 or lgarfi@hollndamerica.com. Morris is fluent in French, Spanish and German. He served as the first Secretary General of AIESEC, an international business student exchange program with programs in 85 countries and over 5,000 exchanges per year. In September of 1993 Morris was given the United nations Peace Award for his work on the Raoul Wallenberg rescue effort and his efforts to achieve international peace through student exchange.

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