Overview
- Description
- Contains selected records from the Swedish Red Cross concerning the "White Buses." In 1945 "White Buses" were sent by Sweden to Germany to bring liberated camp prisoners from Sachsenhausen, Dachau, Ravensbrück, and other camps as refugees to Sweden. Collection contains a transport list of 875 prisoners, diaries of transport personnel, reports and correspondence regarding White Buses' operations, lists of French, Danish, and Norwegian liberated prisoners, and the private collection of Major Sven Frykman (Chief of Swedish Red Cross Operation). Some records relate to the food supplies to Hungary and Greece in 1943 and concern Valdemar Langlet, a Red Cross employee.
- Date
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1943-1948
- Collection Creator
- Svenska ro?da korset
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Lists. Diaries. Correspondence.
- Extent
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9 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
- Copyright Holder
- Sweden. Riksarkivet
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Sweden. Refugees, Jewish--Government policy--Sweden. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion.
- Geographic Name
- Sweden
- Personal Name
- Frykman, Sven. Langlet, Valdemar, 1872-1960.
- Corporate Name
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Sweden. Riksarkivet
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Records formerly located at the Svenska röda korset (Swedish Red Cross), today at the Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project acquired the microfilm from the Swedish National Archives in 2003. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm in May 2003.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-02 09:24:58
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- Terms of Use
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