Per Anger

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Per Anger was a Swedish diplomat best known for his efforts to rescue Jews in Hungary during the Holocaust and for his close collaboration with Raoul Wallenberg.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Swedish diplomat
human
associatedWith Swedish embassies
surface form: Swedish legation in Budapest
awardReceived Illis quorum
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Righteous Among the Nations
burialPlace Norra begravningsplatsen
collaboratedWith Raoul Wallenberg
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1913-12-07
dateOfDeath 2002-08-25
describedBySource YadVashem
surface form: Yad Vashem records

memoirs of Holocaust rescuers
educatedAt Stockholm University
Uppsala University
employer Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
ethnicGroup Swedes
familyName Anger
fieldOfWork diplomacy
human rights
gender male
genre memoir
givenName Per
hasHonor Per Anger Prize
surface form: Per Anger Prize named in his honor
languageOfWorkOrName Swedish
movement Holocaust rescue
name Per Johan Valentin Anger
nativeLanguage Swedish
notableFor issuing provisional Swedish passports and protective documents to Jews in Budapest
notableWork With Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest: Memories of the War Years in Hungary
rescue of Jews in Hungary during the Holocaust
occupation diplomat
participatedIn rescue operations for Hungarian Jews
placeOfBirth Gothenburg
Sweden
placeOfDeath Stockholm
Sweden
positionHeld Swedish ambassador to Australia
Swedish ambassador to Canada
Swedish ambassador to Israel
recognizedAs Righteous Among the Nations
religion Lutheranism
residence Stockholm
spouse Kirsten Anger
workLocation Budapest
Hungary

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Per Anger Prize namedAfter Per Anger