Folke Bernadotte

Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (Swedish: Greve af Wisborg; 2 January 1895 – 17 September 1948) was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman. During World War II he negotiated the release of about 31,000 prisoners from German concentration camps including 450 Danish Jews from the Theresienstadt camp. They were released on 14 April 1945. In 1945, he received a German surrender offer from Heinrich Himmler, though the offer was ultimately rejected.After the war, Bernadotte was unanimously chosen to be the United Nations Security Council mediator in the Arab–Israeli conflict of 1947–1948. He was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1948 by the militant Zionist group Lehi while pursuing his official duties. The decision to assassinate him had been taken by Natan Yellin-Mor, Yisrael Eldad, and Yitzhak Shamir, who later became Prime Minister of Israel.

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Birth date	January 02, 1895
Birth place	Stockholm , Sweden
Date of death	September 17, 1948
Place of death	Jerusalem , Israel
Resting place	Solna Municipality , Norra Begravningsplatsen
Parents	Prince Oscar Bernadotte Ebba Bernadotte
Spouse	Estelle Bernadotte
Title	Count of Wisborg

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