A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg

Please join us in a tribute to Swedish diplomat and humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg, who save tens of thousands of Jews in Hungary during World War Two.

The tribute will take place on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at noon in Chicago’s Daley Plaza. There will be a flag-raising ceremony and greetings from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Governor Pat Quinn, Honorary Consul General Ulf Anvin, and the Executive Director of the Illinois Holocaust Museum, Rick Hirschhaut.

Summer songs will be sung by a Swedish Choir.

Sponsors: Consulate General of Sweden, Illinois Holocaust Museum, Swedish American Museum, North Park University, SWEA, SACC, Gothenburg Sister Cities Committee, Central Swedish Committee.