5562 x 3708 px | 47,1 x 31,4 cm | 18,5 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
19. August 2015
Ort:
Prince's Mansion, Copenhagen, Denmark
Weitere Informationen:
"White Buses" refers to an operation undertaken by the Swedish Red Cross and the Danish government in the spring of 1945 to rescue concentration camp inmates in areas under Nazi control and transport them to Sweden, a neutral country. Although the operation was initially targeted at saving citizens of Scandinavian countries, it rapidly expanded to include citizens of other countries. All told, the operation removed 15, 345 prisoners from mortal peril in concentration camps; of these 7, 795 were Scandinavian and 7, 550 were non-Scandinavian (Polish, French, etc.).[1] In particular, 423 Danish Jews were saved from the Theresienstadt concentration camp inside German-occupied territory of Czechoslovakia, contributing significantly to the fact that casualties among Danish Jews during the Holocaust were among the lowest of the occupied European countries. The term "white buses" originates from the buses having been painted white with red crosses, to avoid confusion with military vehicles.
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