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Sune Persson

 
9781848325562: Escape from the Third Reich: Folke Bernadotte and the White Buses
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ISBN 10 : 1848325568 ISBN 13 : 9781848325562
Editeur : Frontline Books, 2009

Synopsis

The Swedish Red Cross expedition to the German concentration camps in March April 1945 was the largest rescue effort inside Germany during WWII. Sponsored by the Swedish Government and 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. Due to the chaotic conditions during the last weeks of the war, it is impossible to say exactly how many prisoners were liberated by the expedition, but according to conservative figures by 4 May 1945 at least 17,000 prisoners had been transported to Sweden by the so-called White Buses . Of these, some 8,000 were Danes and Norwegians, around 6,000 were Poles and more than 2,000 were French citizens. This is the first book to tell the full story of this remarkable and hazardous operation. It also details Bernadotte s harrowing expedition to Ravensbrück concentration camp and his extraordinary negotiations with Heinrich Himmler the Reichsführer-SS who was in charge of the German concentration camps. During the course of these discussions Himmler also made an offer of German surrender an offer that was rejected by the Allies but remains one of the most interesting episodes of the war. This is a first first English edition of a Swedish-language work, with new material from the PRO and photographs of the bus journeys which have never been published. anywhere before.

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À propos de l'auteur

SUNE PERSSON is the Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor (retired) at the Department of Political Science, University of Göteborg, Sweden. The first edition of this work was published in Sweden in 2002 as Vi åker till Sverige : De vita bussarna 1945 (We are going to Sweden: The White Buses in 1945). After a critically-acclaimed hardback it was issued in paperback in 2005.

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Éditeur
Frontline Books
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848325568
ISBN 13 
9781848325562
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
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Personne responsable
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