ESCAPE FROM THIRD REICH CL

by PERSSON,SUNE

• ISBN13: 9781602399686
• ISBN10: 1602399689
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

The Swedish Red Cross expedition to the German concentration camps from March to April 1945 was the largest rescue effort inside Germany during WWII. Led by Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, the mission became known for its distinctive buses: Each bus was purposefully painted entirely white except for the Red Cross emblem on the side so that they would not be mistaken for military targets. According to conservative figures in May 1945, at least 17,000 prisoners were transported to Sweden by these white buses. In this first book to detail this remarkable and hazardous operation, and with never-before-published photographs of the bus journeys, the details of Bernadotte's harrowing expedition to Ravensbruck concentration camp and his secret negotiations with Heinrich Himmler are revealed.

Table of Contents

List of abbreviations	p. viii
List of illustrations	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Rescue	p. 1
The Realm of Death: Hitler's Germany	p. 10
The Jews and the Holocaust	p. 18
Norway Under German Occupation	p. 32
The Danish People Under German Occupation	p. 44
Sweden's Balance Between Neutrality and Activism	p. 53
Folke Bernadotte and the Swedish Relief Expedition	p. 67
The White Buses: Neuengamme	p. 89
The White Buses: Night and Fog	p. 129
The White Buses: Theresienstadt	p. 138
The White Buses: Ravensbrück	p. 182
Operation Rescue Norway!	p. 222
Final Days	p. 243
Endnotes	p. 257
Index	p. 269
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