Raoul Wallenberg Award
The Raoul Wallenberg Award is bestowed by The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States on "individuals, organizations, and communities whose courage, selflessness and success against great odds personified those of Raoul Wallenberg himself."[1] It has been awarded periodically since 1985, when the inaugural award was given to Wallenberg himself.[1] The Committee has also given Civic Courage Awards since 1986.[1]
Honorees
The following people and organizations have received Raoul Wallenberg Awards:[1]
- Raoul Wallenberg (1985), inaugural award made in absentia
- H. Ross Perot (1987), for the rescue of his American employees in Iran
- Senpo Sugihara (1990), for rescuing Jews in Lithuania
- Miep Gies (1990), for protection of Anne Frank
- Giorgio Perlasca (1990), who worked at the Spanish Embassy in Budapest and saved thousands of Jews
- Alan C. Greenberg (1991), for his work with the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States
- Harvey M. Meyerhoff (1994), for the United States Holocaust Museum
- Nicholas M. Salgo (1994), for donating a statue of Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary
- Thomas Veres (1994), who was Wallenberg's personal photographer
- Elizabeth Dole (1995), for work with the American Red Cross
- Robert S. Strauss (1997), for his work on finding the fate of Wallenberg as Ambassador to the Soviet Union
- Elisabeth and Alexander Sandor Kasser (2000), Wallenberg's translator
- Goran Persson of Sweden (2001), for Holocaust education in Sweden
- Sister Luise Radlmeier (2006), for humantirian work in East Africa
- Elliott Broidy (2008), for providing economic stability to Israel's economy during the time of the Second Intifada
- Bujar Nishani (2015), for the gratitude towards the people of Albania, on rescuing the Jews during the World War II[2]
Civic Courage Award Recipients
The following people and organizations have received Civic Courage Awards from the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States:[1]
- Coeur D'Alene, Idaho (1986), for work against militant Neo-Nazis
- Denmark (1990), for the Rescue of the Danish Jews
- Billings, Montana (1997), for setting an example for American communities in standing up to bigotry
- Mark Kroeker (1999), of the LAPD
- New York City (2001), for the efforts of citizens in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks