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    Genocide and R2P: Bittersweet Remembrance by Margot Charles in MIR The McGill International Review

    November 17, 2014

     

    Is the word “genocide” becoming a commodity on the market for political influence?

     

    On October 29th, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Center (MHMC) held an event titled Raoul Wallenberg: Lessons for...

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    Remembering one Raoul Wallenberg by Milos Kovacevic in The Concordian

    October 28, 2014

    Project aims to teach humanity rather than passivity in the face of atrocity

     

    Concordia will co-host a special panel discussion on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in memory of a Swedish diplomat whose intercession, at personal risk, saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from Naz...

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    The Quest for Heroes by Peggy Curran in The Montreal Gazette

    October 28, 2014

    In the minutes after the gunman fired an old family hunting rifle at the beautiful young soldier in the kilt guarding the National War Memorial, a different narrative began to take shape.

     

    A small group of Samaritans — a nurse, a lawyer, fellow soldiers — rushed to Nath...

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    Remembering Raoul Wallenberg, the man who saved 100,000 lives by Josh Hawley in Concordia News

    October 21, 2014

    Concordia's Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies commemorates his peacekeeping legacy on October 29.

     

    The life and legacy of the man who saved more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews during World War II will be honoured in Montreal next week with the last i...

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    In Confronting Genocide, Canada Puts Raoul Wallenberg’s Legacy Into Practice by Kyle Matthews for the Canadian International Council

    October 3, 2014

    Jason Kenney, who called Wallenberg “one of the greatest heroes of one of the darkest periods of human history” (Reuters)

     

    2014 is a sobering time for human rights experts and advocates. With the Middle East imploding and human rights abuses being carried out and broadc...

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    Raoul Wallenberg: l'héritage d'un héros par Marie Lamensch dans Le Huffington Post

    September 18, 2014

    De nos jours on peut se verser un seau de glace sur la tête ou alors utiliser le « hashtag » #BringBackOurGirls afin de supporter une cause. Mais aurions-nous le courage de risquer notre vie afin de sauver celles de milliers d'inconnus ?

     

     

    Du courage, l'homme d'affaires...

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    Seeking the truth about Raoul Wallenberg | Irwin Cotler for The National Post

    July 22, 2014

    On January 17, 1945, Swedish hero of the Holocaust Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody, never to be released. In the years since, countries around the world — including Russia, however belatedly — have celebrated his heroism, naming streets and schools in hi...

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    Raoul Wallenberg: A humanitarian hero we must never forget | Kyle Matthews for Global News

    July 22, 2014

     

    If I were to ask most Canadians if they knew who Raoul Wallenberg was, chances are only a small percentage would know the answer. But today offers us a collective moment to reflect on one of the most courageous figures that best represented humanity during the Second...

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    Raoul Wallenberg Receives Gold Medal from Congress

    July 15, 2014

    Leaders of the U.S. House and Senate presented a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of nearly 100,000 Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

     

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    President Obama Speaks About Raoul Wallenberg

    July 15, 2014

    US President Barack Obama commemorates the life and legacy of Raoul Wallenberg. 

     

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