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. This soft backed book is written by Sune Persson (with a forward by Brian Urquhart), contains 274 pages with a black and white photographic section in the middle.

Sponsored by the Swedish Government and led by Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, the mission became known for its distinctive buses. Sponsored by the Swedish Government and led by key Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, the mission became known for its distinctive buses. Between them they successfully engineered the release and transport of prisoners from concentration camps to a neutral country – Sweden. SUNE PERSSON was a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gteborg, Sweden.Actors: Yaara Benbenishty, Alexandre Nguyen, Markus von Lingen, David Lipper, Mike Altmann, Maia Morgenstern, David Yu, Jahni Raz, Clem So, Srulik Pniel, Nitsan Jankelowiz, Ana Maria Pop, Madalina Anea, Cristian Bota, Aura Calarasu, Sorin Dobrin, Gabriela Hamzescu, Anthony Hickox, Maria Mogsolova, Lia Sinchevici Directors: Anthony Hickox Producers: Michel Adam, Yuri Aleksandrov Voiced By: Rafael Banasik, C. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal.

Undoubtedly, the White Buses saved thousands from a miserable existence or, worse still, death in the camps. What I thought would be a OK film seems no more than a comedy slapstick, drugged using, fake blood, bad accents and kung-fu with soft sex scenes. 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. The story of the White Buses is one of the most extraordinary humanitarian efforts of the Second World War. 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.The various expeditions to the German concentration camps were long and highly dangerous, with every move watched by the SS and the Gestapo. 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. Led by Count Bernadotte of Wisborg, the mission became known for its distinctive buses: 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. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Cinema Paradiso and all other Cinema Paradiso product and service names are trademarks of Pace-e-Solutions Limited or its affiliates.