I could not put this book down from start to finish. The readers will find compassion, intrigue, excitement, and truth all woven into a vital story. Sherry Wilson Yorkshire, NY Buy The Book Words of Praise May 10, 2011 “Morris Wolff in 1989 went to Israel and enlisted the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence Agency in a daring raid to rescue Raoul Wallenberg. On April 30, 2011 we copied that strategy and took out Osama Bin Laden. The use of a carefully planned and wisely implemented strategy is a hallmark of Morris Wolff’s legal work in the United States Federal Court in achieving a great victory for his client, a hero whom we all celebrate. I am also impressed by the steadfast pursuit of justice for twenty seven years in the work of Morris Wolff. All lawyers and human rights advocates who wish to contribute to the good, and to be master builders of justice in our country must read this book.” Barack H. Obama President of the United States “I first met Morris Wolff on October 18, 1993 when I came to the Yale Law School for the unveiling of my portrait and a reception. Morris approached me at the reception and asked for my help in his effort to rescue Raoul Wallenberg from the Soviet gulag. I told him at that first meeting “Wallenberg is my hero! Please come to the White House and tell me more about your law suit and your work to gain his release. On November 22, 1993, at my invitation, Morris met with me at the White House, along with my Deputy Security Adviser Neal S. Wolin. Morris outlined the work he was doing, starting in 1983, when he first was asked by the Wallenberg family to sue the Russians to gain freedom for their kidnapped diplomat-brother. Morris showed me documents with convincing evidence that Wallenberg was in fact by some miracle still alive in 1993, and in the gulag in Siberia. His evidence was a series of incriminating KGB reports which Morris obtained from William Colby, a devoted public servant of integrity and former CIA Director. I met with Premier Boris Yeltsin in Moscow a few weeks later on a scheduled visit and asked him to re-open the search for Wallenberg based on Morris Wolff’s visit and the KGB reports. Yeltsin agreed to re-open the search for Wallenberg. In this fascinating book Morris records the details of his twenty-seven year search for Wallenberg, beginning with a Saturday of law research in the Penn law library in March of 1983, and extending to his persuasive arguments in the District of Columbia federal court room in 1984. As he explains in his book, Morris obtained the unanimous support of the United States Congress for his law suit in 1985. He also mentions my enjoyable and valuable discussion with him at the White House on November 22, 1993. He takes us into worlds of research and discovery of awesome value. His well documented book includes details of his amazing effort to enlist and persuade the Israeli Mossad to slip into Russia in an attempt to rescue Wallenberg. Morris Wolff is an awesome man. He has no quit in his system. You will read about his victorious day in court before Judge Parker, and the historic $39 million dollar award given the family as damages for the injustice suffered. But most of all you will read a good book, and witness how much one man can do to achieve Justice. Bill Clinton President of the United States “As a Holocaust Survivor I deeply appreciate the work of Morris Wolff in representing Raoul Wallenberg in federal court, and his fight for Wallenberg’s freedom. I recently met and congratulated Morris again during our visit at Chapman University in California in late March 2011. I have helped Morris in a small way as you will learn as you read the pages of this excellent and courageous book.” Elie Wiesel Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Author of Night and other books “The work of human rights attorney Morris Wolff in his effort to rescue Raoul Wallenberg is a courageous mission of the highest level of human rights activity. As one who spent time as a dissenter in a Russian prison I know what he and his client Raoul Wallenberg have experienced. I commend this excellent book to you. Read it: cheer and weep! It records an important and hair raising moment in world history.” Anatole Scharansky Nobel Peace Prize winner Soviet prison refusnik now living in Tel Aviv, Israel “The dedicated work of Morris Wolff in this creative effort to rescue diplomat Wallenberg stands as an inspiring example for young lawyers who seek justice and who are looking for a worthy cause worth fighting for in the future.” The Honorable Jan Eliasson, President of the UN General Assembly Former Ambassador from Sweden to the United States “Rarely in legal history can one man make a difference. Morris Wolff has done that in the court room and in his brilliant new book ‘Whatever Happened to Raoul Wallenberg?’ It is an outstanding account of his tenacity and perseverance in seeking justice for Wallenberg. His work goes beyond Wallenberg. Morris has opened the courts of the United States for the complaints and claims of people from around the World who choose to come to the USA and to sue their home nations for torture and abuse. The work of Morris Wolff has had an incredible ripple effect in the positive development of human rights both in the United States and around the World. It has been said that ‘a rising tide lifts all boats.’ Morris has created a rising tide to lift all boats of human beings who seek justice and who need the establishment of human rights as a matter of law.” Alan Dershowitz, Esq. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Author of the best seller “Chutzpah!” “I endorse this important book by Morris Wolff, the distinguished international lawyer who sued the Soviets for Raoul Wallenberg’s release and won a stunning and positive verdict in US Federal Court. Morris persevered, first in court and later as a bloodhound and scholar in the quest for Wallenberg’s release from the Soviet gulag and his safe return to freedom in the West. In October of 2007 Morris Wolff discovered the truth about what happened to Raoul Wallenberg at the hands of the Soviet KGB. In that year I persuaded Morris Wolff to come to Washington DC to finish his book on Wallenberg and to serve as one of our Senior Policy Analysts at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.” Lee Hamilton, Director and President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC. Co-author of the Baker-Hamilton Report on Iraq Author, 9/11 Commission report Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee 1993-1995 "As an early supporter of human rights lawyer Morris Wolff I assured him that his positive attitude toward achieving justice would some day win out. Now he has written this great book. I recommend you read it. I encouraged Morris to persist with his dream of rescuing Wallenberg. Now his humane pro bono work, and the new law he created for people seeking freedom, has been recorded for us and for posterity. If you love to read about interesting people, and good struggling to triumph over evil, you will enjoy reading this book.” Mark Victor Hansen Chief Executive Officer Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, Inc. Reader’s Praise I could not put this book down from start to finish. The readers will find compassion, intrigue, excitement, and truth all woven into a vital story. Morris Wolff uses his superb story telling ability to take you into his life experiences as he confronts the Soviet Union and wins. You will witness first hand his efforts to peel back the dark side of humanity in his numerous attempts to achieve Wallenberg’s deserved freedom. Sherry Wilson Language Arts Teacher Pioneer Central School District Yorkshire, NY I loved this book. It’s a riveting tale of human connections, legal creativity, diplomatic secrets, weird coincidences. Read if you hate lawyers, read if you like lawyers; it will influence your world-view, wherever you are. The book’s lively tone and conversational narrative inspires, informs and entertains. Great for book clubs. Eminently readable, wide-ranging, mesmerizing. Dogged detective work and creative lawyering. Intrigue, real-life mystery, a secret international rescue raid. Shows how one man can make a difference: First the Swede Wallenberg--who engineers the rescue of some 100,000 Jews from Budapest at the end of World War II. Then, American attorney now author Morris Wolff--- who engineers a “legal rescue” (and more) of the mysteriously-disappeared hero. Two “profiles in courage.” Mr. Wolff tells of his conversations with well-known powerful public figures, some of whose decisions about Wallenberg will shock us. Mr. Wolff unflinchingly reveals how the mighty can fail us, but how good people appear amazingly and unexpectedly to answer calls to duty, rising to the occasion in surprising ways. As a reader, I am stimulated to want to learn more about human nature (good and bad), decision-making among the great nations, and how people of good will can use law to better protect individuals wrongfully spirited away. Jody P. Williams, of Daytona Beach and Boston Retired teacher and lawyer. Story of a Hero for All Time written by a Hero for Our Time Raoul Wallenberg, 32 years old, left his home and wealthy family in Stockholm, Sweden in 1944 on a mission financed by the United States to save Jews from the Nazis in Budapest, Hungary. The Russians kidnapped him in January, 1945 and held Wallenberg for decades in Russian prisons. No one tried to gain his release, not his family, the Swedish Government, or the United States Government. Until in 1983, at the request of Wallenberg's brother, a young lawyer in Philadelphia, Morris Wolff, took on the case pro bono. After winning a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court against the Russian Government demanding damages and Wallenberg's release, his mission was frustrated and Wallenberg was never released. Many people are to be admired for their work on Wallenberg's behalf, and many to be reviled for their indifference or obstructions. Were this book just a brilliant thriller by Ben Macintyre or Alan Furst perhaps a happier ending could have been contrived. But this masterpiece is the work of Morris Wolff himself. Wolff's story of trying to free Wallenberg. So the outcome is dictated by history, not fiction. This is a true work of the soul written by a tenacious advocate: a testament to a truly wonderful person, as shown by excerpts from Raoul Wallenberg's own personal diary from June 1944. Jim Magid New York, NY Amherst College Classmate-Class of '58 I have just finished reading your excellent book, the paper back version. You have achieved a marvellous level of research and writing. You have reason to be proud of your literary and legal effort. Congratulations and best wishes on its success. Henry S.Bromley III Germantown Friends School Classmate-Class of '54 This spellbinding account by Morris Wolff of his ongoing work on behalf of his client, Raoul Wallenberg, trumps a James Bond thriller. Packed with intrigue, suspense and high drama, it is a true story of heroes and villains and a fascinating glimpse into our legal system and its shameful derailment. Most importantly, it is the inspiring story of a tenacious and courageous attorney who refuses to relinquish his pursuit for justice for his client. Sabina Clarke Chestnut Hill Local I read your book cover to cover. Excellent!! If it was up to me, I nominate your book for a Pulitzer Prize. Regards from your Philly friend. George Slotnick,