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Killing the Count

201497 minPGdocumentary

Thousands of concentration camp prisoners were rescued by Count Folke Bernadotte, who later became a UN Mediator before his assassination in 1948.

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Thousands of concentration camp prisoners were rescued by Count Folke Bernadotte, who later became a UN Mediator before his assassination in 1948.

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Count Folke Bernadotte, head of the Swedish Red Cross, played a crucial role in rescuing thousands of concentration camp prisoners during World War II. Appointed as the UN Mediator in the first Arab-Israeli war, he sought peace in a region marked by conflict. His efforts ended abruptly when he was assassinated by Zionist extremists in 1948. Al Jazeera’s two-part documentary Killing the Count details Bernadotte's impactful life and the circumstances surrounding his death.

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