Typical day in 1983, a solitary woman wandered through the shopping districts of New York and paused outside a bookstore. In the window, a book caught her eye, its cover displaying a photograph of a man whose expression profoundly moved her, radiating immense compassion. That man was Raoul Wallenberg. The woman was Lotte Stavisky (1907–2000), an American actress and sculptor originally from Adolf Hitler’s Germany. Stavisky specialized in sculpting people—both famous and unknown—who faced hardship and suffering in their lives. She believed that no matter what difficulties or suffering a person endures, it is not the challenges themselves that make someone a hero, but the way they confront those challenges. Over the course of several days, she immersed herself in Raoul Wallenberg’s story and immediately began working on a sculpture. Within weeks, it was complete, capturing his generous forehead, strong jaw, and sorrowful eyes fixed on something distant. The sculpture eventually ended up in an antique shop, where it was discovered by UN official Kofi Annan and his wife, Nane, the niece of Raoul Wallenberg. In 1996, Kofi Annan was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations. On March 4, 1987, the renowned businessman and politician Ross Perot received the American Raoul Wallenberg Award for his courage during a rescue mission for U.S. citizens abroad. The award was represented by Lotte Stavisky’s Raoul Wallenberg sculpture, which now stands in the lobby of Ross Perot’s headquarters. The sculpture has also been part of the New York Public Library collection since 1986. In Sweden, it is held by the Raoul Wallenberg family. Following a parliamentary decision in September 2012, the sculpture was placed in the Swedish Parliament, near the plenary chamber. Additionally, it is prominently displayed in the lobbies of RWS elementary schools.