Swedish rescue operations during the Second World War: accomplishments and aftermath
TitleSwedish rescue operations during the Second World War: accomplishments and aftermath
Author
Call number940.5318/0413
Object number08704i
Place of publicationFarnham, Surrey, England
PublisherAshgate
Year of publication
2013
Physical descriptionpp165-185
MaterialArticle
ISBN9781409451082
NotesArticle from 'The Holocaust as active memory: the past and present' pp 165-185
Description
Focuses on the 3 major humanitarian operations in which Swedes were involved during WWII; the Red Cross mission in Greece, Raoul Wallenberg's and other Swedes efforts to save the Jews of Budapest and Folke Bernadotte's White Bus operation in 1945. He also looks at the first Swedish reactions when they were confronted by former concentration camp prisoners and the changing attitude to Wallenberg and Folke Bernadotte.