Mission Statement
The Michigan Wallenberg Institute fosters the values embodied by Raoul Wallenberg—empathy, tolerance, and leadership—by studying hatred directed against religious and ethnic communities, fostering cross-cultural understanding, and elevating civic discourse. Through teaching, research, and public engagement, the institute will develop strategies to combat antisemitism, divisiveness, and discrimination.
The sculpture at the center of the Holocaust Memorial at Raoul Wallenberg Plaza. The statue is a person, but it is not clear if it is a man or woman, and appears to be in misery, hiding their face and wrapped in a blanket. One hand is in a fist, portraying deep and powerful anger, the other hand is raised, possibly in a gesture of mercy or forgiveness.