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It is because it is a real oddity, a curiosity based on the tiniest thinnest sliver of truth in film history perhaps? Of these, some 8,000 were Danes and Norwegians, around 6,000 were Poles and more than 2,000 were French citizens. Between them they successfully engineered the release and transport of prisoners from concentration camps to a neutral country – Sweden. Reap the benefits of the Berlin WelcomeCard Museum Island with discounts on attractions and free public transport for 72 hours.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Painted entirely white, these vehicles carried the Red Cross emblem and Swedish or Danish flags so that they would not be mistaken for military targets. Despite saving tens of thousands of lives, Sweden's mission to rescue prisoners from Nazi concentration camps on a transport of white buses was fraught with conflict and controversy, including negotiations between its leader Folke Bernadotte and Heinrich Himmler.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Knowing the Germans were about to set up death camps, the Chinese Consul in Vienna issued exit visas to thousands of Jews against the instruction of his superiors risking his own life and career. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.DescriptionDiscover important historical sites in Berlin from the WWII period through an interactive smart phone app. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. At a time when the Nazis were hanging on desperately for survival and while chaos reigned in Germany, Count Folke Bernadotte, the Swedish Red Cross and the Danish government conducted negotiations with Heinrich Himmler. With no time limit and the ability to pause and restart whenever you want, the game is flexible for your convenience.

This soft backed book is written by Sune Persson (with a forward by Brian Urquhart), contains 274 pages with a black and white photographic section in the middle. 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. Until I read this book I did not know the story of the white buses and the determination of those who wanted to save others from the death camps.The film score was unnecessarily excessive, and also the film didn’t really seem to be realistic- never heard of two wealthy Jews gunning down the Nazis coming to take them away, as well as one of the diplomats Kung fu-ing the brown shirts.

The Swedish Red Cross expedition to the German concentration camps in March-April 1945 was the largest rescue effort inside Germany during WWII.

Play the role of a person helping someone escape from war-torn Germany and learn firsthand about the horrors of the Nazi regime.