Gellert Hardi-Kovacs was born in Budapest, Hungary but moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1982. He studied at Stockholm and Glasgow Universities and began working as a teacher in 2001. Since 2008 he has also been active as a researcher about Raoul Wallenberg, which led to the Swedish edition of this book in 2013. Since then, he has released a number of books about the Holocaust, military intelligence and political humour.

• Contents: Hungary and the Jewish people: A story of love, hate and ambivalence – A pact with the devil – 1944: The year of darkness – Humanity slowly awakens – Raoul Wallenberg before his posting to Hungary in 1944 – The first period in Hungary – Wallenberg’s first actions – Drama in August – The situation temporarily stabilises – The planned uprising against the Germans – Taurus and the Swedish courier – The two camps plan for a showdown – Operation Mickey Mouse and Panzerfaust – What did Wallenberg do during the coup? – An enemy with many faces – The persecution resumes – The neutral envoys – The Schützling Protocol Group – The typewriter repairman and the Arrow Cross – The resistance rises again – KISKA – The secret army – Zugló and Angyalföld – Wallenberg and the resistance – The Accountability Unit strikes – The action at Józsefváros railway station – The siege begins – The two ghettos – The rescuers work day and night – Total terror – The bloody Christmas – The battle for the protected buildings – The Nazi serpent’s final bite – The massacre in the main ghetto – myth or truth? – Epilogue: A story without a happy ending.

Gellert Hardi-Kovacs was born in Budapest, Hungary but moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1982. He studied at Stockholm and Glasgow Universities and began working as a teacher in 2001. Since 2008 he has also been active as a researcher about Raoul Wallenberg, which led to the Swedish edition of this book in 2013. Since then, he has released a number of books about the Holocaust, military intelligence and political humour.

• Contents: Hungary and the Jewish people: A story of love, hate and ambivalence – A pact with the devil – 1944: The year of darkness – Humanity slowly awakens – Raoul Wallenberg before his posting to Hungary in 1944 – The first period in Hungary – Wallenberg’s first actions – Drama in August – The situation temporarily stabilises – The planned uprising against the Germans – Taurus and the Swedish courier – The two camps plan for a showdown – Operation Mickey Mouse and Panzerfaust – What did Wallenberg do during the coup? – An enemy with many faces – The persecution resumes – The neutral envoys – The Schützling Protocol Group – The typewriter repairman and the Arrow Cross – The resistance rises again – KISKA – The secret army – Zugló and Angyalföld – Wallenberg and the resistance – The Accountability Unit strikes – The action at Józsefváros railway station – The siege begins – The two ghettos – The rescuers work day and night – Total terror – The bloody Christmas – The battle for the protected buildings – The Nazi serpent’s final bite – The massacre in the main ghetto – myth or truth? – Epilogue: A story without a happy ending.

Gellert Hardi-Kovacs was born in Budapest, Hungary but moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1982. He studied at Stockholm and Glasgow Universities and began working as a teacher in 2001. Since 2008 he has also been active as a researcher about Raoul Wallenberg, which led to the Swedish edition of this book in 2013. Since then, he has released a number of books about the Holocaust, military intelligence and political humour.

• Contents: Hungary and the Jewish people: A story of love, hate and ambivalence – A pact with the devil – 1944: The year of darkness – Humanity slowly awakens – Raoul Wallenberg before his posting to Hungary in 1944 – The first period in Hungary – Wallenberg’s first actions – Drama in August – The situation temporarily stabilises – The planned uprising against the Germans – Taurus and the Swedish courier – The two camps plan for a showdown – Operation Mickey Mouse and Panzerfaust – What did Wallenberg do during the coup? – An enemy with many faces – The persecution resumes – The neutral envoys – The Schützling Protocol Group – The typewriter repairman and the Arrow Cross – The resistance rises again – KISKA – The secret army – Zugló and Angyalföld – Wallenberg and the resistance – The Accountability Unit strikes – The action at Józsefváros railway station – The siege begins – The two ghettos – The rescuers work day and night – Total terror – The bloody Christmas – The battle for the protected buildings – The Nazi serpent’s final bite – The massacre in the main ghetto – myth or truth? – Epilogue: A story without a happy ending.