Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (born 1895)

Folke Bernadotte

Swedish diplomat (1895–1948)

Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In World War II, he negotiated the release of about 450 Danish Jews and 30,550 non-Jewish prisoners of many nations from the Nazi German Theresienstadt concentration camp. They were released on 14 April…