Portrait of Count Folke Bernadotte.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 80532

Overview

Caption: Portrait of Count Folke Bernadotte.

Count Folke Bernadotte (1895-1948), Swedish statesman. During World War II he represented the Swedish Red Cross, negotiating with Himmler for the release of more than 7,000 Scandinavian nationals from concentration camps, and of 10,000 women from Ravensbrueck. He was assassinated in Jerusalem by a group connected to the Lohamei Herut Yisrael, which opposed his mediation efforts between Israel and the invading Arab countries during the Israeli War of Independence.
Date: Circa 1945
Locale: Sweden?
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 208-PU-17N-1

Keyword: ASSISTANCE COMMITTEES BERNADOTTE, FOLKE CLOSE-UPS RED CROSS STUDIO PORTRAITS SWEDES
Photo Designation: RESCUE MISSIONS -- Diplomatic Rescue -- Red Cross Evacuations of Prisoners -- Bernadotte/Red Cross Representatives