Escape from the Third Reich: The Harrowing True Story of the Largest Rescue Effort Inside Nazi Germany

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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. The 'White Buses', the rescue operation organised by Swedish diplomat Count Folke Benadotte which saved 17,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps in the last days of the Second World War. Lots of fake blood a la Sam Pekinpah and I suspect Tarantino's awful films like the Inglorius Basterds one (I hate his films) were an influence. AUTHOR: Sune Persson is a retired Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gteborg, Sweden. M Godding Books Ltd is an internet book business running from Wiltshire and sending books all over the world every working day.

The Swedish Red Cross expedition to the German concentration camps in the spring of 1945 was the largest rescue effort inside Germany during World War 2. Of these, some 8,000 were Danes and Norwegians, around 6,000 were Poles and more than 2,000 were French citizens. 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.Ho, the Chinese Consul in Vienna in 1938, issued Exit Visas to many Jews against the instruction of his superiors. Sponsored by the Swedish Government and led by key Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, the mission became known for its distinctive buses.

For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. Learn about the history of Nazi Germany interactively as you follow clues and solve puzzles on your smartphone to get from place to place. The various expeditions to the German concentration camps were long and highly dangerous, with every move watched by the SS and the Gestapo. I don't like to criticise any film knowing the amount of work that goes into its production but this is absolutely dreadful. Learn about the history, architecture, and everyday politics before visiting the plenary chamber and dome of the Reichstag.

World War II was full of turmoil, violence, confusion and appalling conditions for those who were incarcerated in the various concentration camps run by the Germans.

This led to an unusual mission, where the leader of this expedition (Count Folke Bernadotte) had to negotiate with the SS, Gestapo and Heinrich Himmler, if this had not happened the Allies may well have found more bodies when they liberated the camps. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. 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.AUTHOR Sune Persson is the Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor (retired) at the Department of Political Science, University of Gotenborg, Sweden. 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. 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. Learn about interesting personalities and discover fascinating traces of the city's Prussian heritage. Undoubtedly, the White Buses saved thousands from a miserable existence or, worse still, death in the camps.