Selected records of the Swedish Red Cross

Selected records of the Swedish Red Cross 

Selected records of the Swedish Red Cross 

9 microfilm reels, 35 mm 

Contains selected records from the Swedish Red Cross concerning the"White Buses" In 1945"White Buse" 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.