Escape From the Third Reich by Persson, Sune -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Dedication Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction 1 - The Rescue

The Miracle Acknowledgements Count Folke Bernadotte

2 - The Realm of Death: Hitler’s Germany

Hitler’s Greater Germany Himmler’s SS-State and the Concentration Camps

3 - The Jews and the Holocaust

4 - Norway Under German Occupation

Norwegian Prisoners in Germany Norwegian Relief Work

5 - The Danish People Under German Occupation

Danish Prisoners in Germany Danish Relief Work and the Jyllandskorps

6 - Sweden’s Balance Between Neutrality and Activism

7 - Folke Bernadotte and the Swedish Relief Expedition

8 - The White Buses: Neuengamme

The White Buses One Problem After Another Folke Bernadotte and His Talks in Germany: Round Two Folke Bernadotte and the Jews The Danes Negotiate in Parallel Kersten and Himmler The Scandinavians are Assembled at Neuengamme The Neuengamme Camp

9 - The White Buses: Night and Fog

10 - The White Buses: Theresienstadt

Further Instructions for Folke Bernadotte from the Swedish Foreign Office Bernadotte and the Rescue of Jews The Swedes Accept Danish Aid Folke Bernadotte and His Talks in Germany: Round Three Gilel Storch, Felix Kersten and the Concentration Camp Jews Transport of Danish and Norwegian Women and Those Who Were Sick to Sweden Danish Policemen are Brought Back to Denmark Prisoners in Hard Labour Camps Theresienstadt The Danish Jews are Rescued from Theresienstadt

11 - The White Buses: Ravensbrück

Germany-based Swedish Citizens Are Brought Home The French Prisoners The White Buses Hit by the War Neuengamme Is Evacuated and the Scandinavians Are Taken To Denmark Kersten and Masur in Talks with Himmler Folke Bernadotte and His Talks in Germany: Fourth and Last Round Ravensbrück To Sweden from Ravensbrück: At Least Seven Thousand Women Rescued The Rescue Expedition’s Work Is Concluded

12 - Operation Rescue Norway!

13 - Final Days

Over the Straits and Back to Life How Many Were Rescued? Folke Bernadotte and ‘Last Days . . .’

Endnotes Index