Raoul Wallenberg Award


The Raoul Wallenberg Award is bestowed by The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States on "individuals, organizations, and communities whose courage, selflessness and success against great odds personified those of Raoul Wallenberg himself." It has been awarded periodically since 1985, when the inaugural award was given to Wallenberg himself.
The most recent recipients of the award are French singer Charles Aznavour and his sister Aïda, for the work of their family, most notably their father Mischa, who sheltered Jews from the Nazis in the basement of the family home during the Third Reich's occupation of France during World War II.
The Committee has also given Civic Courage Awards since 1986.

Honorees

The following people and organizations have received Raoul Wallenberg Awards:
The following people and organizations have received Civic Courage Awards from the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States:
In 2014, the Raoul Wallenberg Prize of € 10,000 was initiated by the Swedish Government the Hungarian Parliament, and the Council of Europe, to be awarded every two years to reward extraordinary humanitarian achievements. The following people have received this prize:
The Raoul Wallenberg Award was first given in Hungary in 2010. In 2020 the award was given to six people: Reformed Church pastor Tamás Majsai, historian and journalist Barbara Kaczvinszky, documentary filmmaker Jenő Setét, civil rights activist László Bogdán, Evangelical pastor Gábor Iványi, and church historian János Szigeti.