Toward the end, about April 28, 1945, I saved Ravensbruck camp and two thousand French, two thousand Polish, and two thousand Jewish women from death. I evacuated them to Sweden by the Red Cross toward the last of April 1945. There was an order in the camp that all inmates of the camp were to be shot when the front broke. Whose order? Kaltenbrunner!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims to have saved thousands of women from execution by evacuating them to Sweden despite an order attributed to Kaltenbrunner.
- In plain terms
- He evacuated prisoners to Sweden to save them from a shoot order.
- What can you take from it?
- Evacuation orders can override execution directives.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do rescues happen?
- Who issues camp orders?
Another view
The claim rests on personal testimony without independent confirmation of the specific order.
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