From the hell of Ravensbrück to Malmö: the convoy of the liberty of the French deportees | EUROtoday

From the hell of Ravensbrück to Malmö: the convoy of the liberty of the French deportees
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In April 1945, after months of negotiations with Heinrich Himmler, the Swedish Red Cross obtained the evacuation of seven,500 prisoners from the Nazi focus camp in Ravensbrück, Germany. Among them, a number of hundred French ladies, together with the resistant Germaine Tillion, profit from this early launch. Story of an unprecedented rescue.
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