He rescued tens of thousands of Jews, redeemed Sweden’s compromised wartime reputation, and became one of history’s greatest humanitarians. Then Stockholm abandoned its own diplomat to Stalin’s prisons-and left his desperate mother to fight largely alone. Op-ed.
We always identify the other party as a traitor first, but we never thought of them as our comrade before. We expect them to be silent and compliant – but why? Obviously because their stance is uncomfortable for us.