Wallenberg

British

/ ˈvɑːlənbɜːɡ /

noun

Raoul (raʊl). 1912–?, Swedish diplomat, who helped (1944–45) thousands of Hungarian Jews to escape from the Nazis. After his arrest (1945) by the Soviets nothing is certainly known of him, despite claims that he is still alive he is presumed to have died in prison

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The study on the adult brain was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, while the embryo study was financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg and Erling-Persson foundations.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

Funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Berzelius supercomputer was unveiled in 2021 at Linköping University featuring 60 of the fastest AI systems from Nvidia.

From Reuters • Jan. 24, 2023

Many of the students at Raoul Wallenberg High School in San Francisco seemingly kept their masks on indoors, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

From Fox News • Mar. 22, 2022

Then, when Dr Staub's mother obtained protective identity papers for his family from Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, they moved into a safe house nearby.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2020

One person—a Raoul Wallenberg, an Albert Schweitzer, a Martin Luther King Jr.—one person of integrity can make a difference, a difference of life and death.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

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