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Swedish Rescue Operations during the Second World War: Accomplishments and Aftermath

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Author

Editor

  • Marie Louise Seeberg
  • Irene Levin
  • Claudia Lenz

Summary, in English

Swedish refugee politics before and during the Second World War and rescue operations 1939-45 with special emphasis on assistance to the Greeks, Raoul Wallenberg´s mission in Budapest and Folke Bernadotte and the White Buses. In the latter cases, I analyse the debates from 1945 to 2012.

Department/s

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

165-185

Publication/Series

The Holocaust as Active Memory. The Past in the Present

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Ashgate

Topic

  • History

Keywords

  • Refugee
  • rescue operations
  • Sweden
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Germany
  • Raoul Wallenberg
  • Folke Bernadotte
  • neutrality

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-4094-5108-2