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Folke Bernadotte

Born on January 2, 1895

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Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (Swedish:; 2 January 1895 – 17 September 1948) 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 Ghetto.

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