October 5
- Raoul Wallenberg Day – USA. The annual campaign to ask US Governors to proclaim October 5th as Raoul Wallenberg Day in their States is on its way. This would be the 3rd year that the IRWF embarks in this initiative. So far, Governors of Nebraska and Michigan proclaimed a 2007 Wallenberg Day. In previous years, Governors of Minnesota, West Virginia, New Jersey, Nevada, Illinois, Maine, Connecticut and Maryland followed our request.
- Ben Olander at Smurfit Kappa AB Företag, Sweden. Swedish folk musician Ben Olander will discuss the Holocaust and present Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, as an example of courage and what one person can do to prevent everything that comes between harassment and genocide.
October 18
- Seminar and Film ”Nina´s Journey” by Lena Einhorn. This drama-documentary is based on the story of the director’s, mother, and describes her survival during the Holocaust, including her flight from the Warsaw ghetto. At the Sakharov Museum and Center, Zemlyanoi val 57, Bld 6, Moscow – 5:30pm.
October 27
- Roncalli was elected pope (1958)
October 28
- Nostra Aetate
November 5
- Ben Olander at Walterska Gymnasiet, Halmstad Gymnasieskola, Sweden. Swedish folk musician Ben Olander will discuss the Holocaust and present Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, as an example of courage and what one person can do to prevent everything that comes between harassment and genocide.
November 25
- Birth of Angelo Roncalli (1881)
December 11
- Conference on Raoul Wallenberg – Stockholm, Sweden. The initiative is being organized by The Swedish Institute of International Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
