The Swedish Red Cross expedition to the German concentration camps in March-April 1945 was the largest rescue effort inside Germany during WWII. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. I don't like to criticise any film knowing the amount of work that goes into its production but this is absolutely dreadful. This is a first English edition of a Swedish-language work with new material from the previously unpublished photographs of the journeys. 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.

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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.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. 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. On this private 2-hour tour you will listen to information about the history of the city as you soak up the atmosphere of the multicultural neighborhood.