Abstract
Contact between Alexandra Kollontai and the Wallenberg Family (1930–1945) (English)
Highlights
According to the British scholar, Raoul stayed in Budapest and at the same time he ran unofficial peace talks between the USSR and Finland in Stockholm.7
The article presents the history of the contact between Alexandra Kollontai and the Wallenberg family
The first meetings between the Russian diplomat and the in fluential family of Swedish bankers took place in the 1930s during the negotiations concerning the return of the Russian gold kept by the bank owned by the Wallenbergs
Summary
According to the British scholar, Raoul stayed in Budapest and at the same time he ran unofficial peace talks between the USSR and Finland in Stockholm.7 The desire to end the winter war peacefully and to ensure Finland inde pendence from the Soviet Union was what united Marcus and Jacob Wal lenberg and Alexandra Kollontai. Marcus and Jacob were among the people who persuaded the government in Stockholm to tolerate unofficial peace talks between Alexandra Kollontai and the Finnish writer Hella Wuol joki45 in January 1940.
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