January 16

Sweden During the Holocaust!

Sweden

Sweden was the getaway place for Jews. It is the country that the Germans can not take over.Sweden was a neutral country and was during both World War l and World War ll.
One reason Jews were going to Sweden was because of the Nazis. The Nazis were taking over the countries over near them. They needed to go where the Nazis weren’t . The Jews were safe in Sweden because Sweden was a neutral country. The country Sweden also put legal protection on the Jews. Sweden was the first European country to make the step to make legal protection. Sweden had refused to close their borders to escaping Jews like other european countries had done so. Sweden had become a refuge for many types of Jews. When Jews came to the country a man named Raoul Wallenberg gave a thing called a “ protective passport”. Later the Swedish Red Cross started a program called “ White Buses”. They went to help and rescue Jewish people in Scandinavian concentration camps.
That is what Sweden did for the Jews during World War ll. They helped save many lives.

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Posted January 16, 2014 by Courtney in category Uncategorized

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