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

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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. Sponsored by the Swedish Government and led by Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, the mission became known for its distinctive buses.

M Godding Books Ltd is an internet book business running from Wiltshire and sending books all over the world every working day. 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.Don't worry if you get stuck on a clue – simply ask for a hint and then navigate to the next location without the need for a map, GPS, or a physical guide. Between them they successfully engineered the release and transport of prisoners from concentration camps to a neutral country – Sweden. At a time when the Nazis were hanging on desperately for survival, and while chaos reigned in Germany, Count Folke Bernadotte, along with the Swedish Red Cross and the Danish government, conducted negotiations with Heinrich Himmler. Sune Persson´s book is simply put one of the most important ones for any student of the Nordic states during WWII.

The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. 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.Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab .

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