The Raoul Wallenberg Monument, titled In Memory of Raoul Wallenberg's Deed, was erected near the Haga Church in Gothenburg, Sweden. The monument is 2.45 meters high and was created by Charlotte Gyllenhammar of Stockholm, Sweden. It was unveiled on May 25, 2007, by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Gyllenhammar's work is a youth portrait of Raoul Wallenberg made on a stone tablet, presenting him before his fate. Just in front of the portrait is a sculpture of two sleeping boys, a concept intended as a testimony to the repressive nature of history. The monument is made partly of graphic concrete and partly of bronze.
There are many other memorials to Raoul Wallenberg in Sweden and around the world.
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Written by Nik Frost
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