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aoul Wallenberg föd<strong>de</strong>s på Kappsta på<br />

Lidingö <strong>de</strong>n 4 augusti 1912. Fa<strong>de</strong>rn var officer vid<br />

flottan och dog i cancer vid 23 års ål<strong>de</strong>r, några<br />

måna<strong>de</strong>r innan Raoul föd<strong>de</strong>s. Hans mamma Maj,<br />

änka vid 21 års ål<strong>de</strong>r, ha<strong>de</strong> ensam hand om Raoul<br />

<strong>de</strong> första sex åren och dana<strong>de</strong> hans karaktär.<br />

Hennes inneboen<strong>de</strong> styrka blev också Raouls. Hon<br />

våga<strong>de</strong> ge honom ansvar tidigt och gav honom ett<br />

stort självförtroen<strong>de</strong>.<br />

Raouls farfar, Gustaf Wallenberg, ville fostra<br />

honom till internationell medvetenhet. Raoul<br />

skulle bli en världsmedborgare. 1918 gifte Maj<br />

om sig med Fredrik von Dar<strong>de</strong>l och Raoul fick två<br />

syskon, Guy och Nina och här nedan berättar <strong>de</strong>n<br />

senare om sin bror:<br />

Vi kan ännu inte<br />

sätta punkt<br />

- Jag minns Raoul mycket väl. Jag var tio år yngre.<br />

Han var oerhört rar och hjälpsam och mamma<br />

och jag avguda<strong>de</strong> honom, vi tyckte att han var<br />

Nina Lagergren<br />

Still, we cannot close<br />

this chapter<br />

raoul Wallenberg was born at Kappsta,<br />

in Lidingö, on 4 August, 1912. His father was an<br />

officer in the navy and died of cancer at the age<br />

of 23, a few months before Raoul was born. His<br />

mother, Maj, a widow at 21, alone took care of<br />

Raoul the first six years of his life, thus shaping<br />

his personality. She had an inner strength, which<br />

he inherited. Maj also had the courage to let Raoul<br />

take on responsibility from an early age, and she<br />

gave him a lot of self-confi<strong>de</strong>nce.<br />

Raoul’s paternal grandfather, Gustaf Wallenberg,<br />

wanted his education to bring an international<br />

awareness. Raoul was to be a world citizen. In 1918,<br />

Maj remarried Fredrik von Dar<strong>de</strong>l, and Raoul gain-<br />

ed a brother and a sister, Guy and Nina. This is<br />

Nina’s story about her brother.<br />

“I remember Raoul quite clearly. I was ten years<br />

younger. He was won<strong>de</strong>rfully sweet and always<br />

one man can make a difference raoul wallenberg<br />

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