Julius Wallenberg Moral Courage

People have been fighting for what they believe is right for centuries. This is exactly what Raoul Wallenberg did in his lifetime. He showed moral courage and fought for what he believed was right. To understand this one must first understand what moral courage means. The word moral means “concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.” The word courage means “the ability to do something that frightens one or strength in the face of pain or grief.” By putting these words together one can conclude that moral courage means doing the things that you believe are right despite your fears. In 1935 Raoul received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan where he had studied architecture.
Because of this, Wallenberg traveled to Nazi occupied France and even Germany. Those experiences taught Raoul how the German government works. He even traveled to Hungary, many times where he later would be sent to help save the Hungarian Jews from going to death camps. Small pieces of information had begun to leak out as early as 1942, but were considered so irrational that most countries didn’t take the information very seriously. But, by the spring of 1944 the world had finally realized what Hitler’s true plan was.
Raoul Wallenberg was recruited by the US War Refugee Board (WRB) in June 1944 to travel to Hungary. He was given was given the position of Swedish diplomat by the Swedish legation. His mission there was to do what he could to help and save the Hungarians. He arrived in Budapest on July 9, 1944. Regardless of the fact that Wallenberg had a complete lack of experience in diplomacy and secret operations, he led a very successful and substantial rescue efforts during the Holocaust. The WBR managed to save over 200,000 Hungarian Jews from being deported to
It is truly incredible to me that he managed to save thousands of Jewish Hungarians from their seemingly inevitable death. His story truly speaks to me and is very inspiring. This topic is very close to my heart because I have lots of Jewish family and friends. I find the fact that Raoul risked his life for people he didn’t even know so interesting. It inspires to help others no matter what, even if that means taking away from my personal life or going against what other people believe is right. I have always been taught since I was younger to help others whenever I can and I will be happy. After reading about him I now know more than ever that this is true.
By challenging the way that Nazi Germany and their Hungarian allies were ruled, Wallenberg made what seemed impossible- possible. Despite the fact that he had almost no diplomatic experience, Raoul gave his all to saving the Jewish Hungarians. With the help of the WRB and other diplomats Wallenberg managed to save over 200,000 people from being exterminated. He demonstrated that the courage of one person can save or help many others. Human courage truly has no limit as long as one believes in what is