Count Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish royal and diplomat, saved thousands, including Jews, from Nazi concentration camps. He even brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Arab nations in the 1948 war.

Seasoned Swedish officials said Folke Bernadotte wasn't up to the task but others thought the Count's royal blood and confident air would appeal to Himmler. And Bernadotte was only too willing.

Imagine if Folke Bernadotte had been allowed to live. Already during the Second World War, the Swedish count and humanitarian had achieved near-miracles getting tens of thousands of concentration ...

Folke Bernadotte, centre, talks to Obersturmbahnführer Dr Heinz Rennau and Svendsen, the Norwegian seamen's pastor in Hamburg. Nordiska Museet. Thousands of Norwegians, as well as Danes, were ...

In Paris, the nations listened to the earnest, urgent words of Count Folke Bernadotte. The U.N. General-Assembly considered his proposals for a Palestine settlement which he had completed just ...

Folke Bernadotte, nephew of King Gustav of Sweden, was raised in a thoroughly Lutheran home. Because of his marked musical talent, he was forced to play the organ during the family’s daily ...

But Count Folke Bernadotte, the UN mediator officially charged with bringing peace to a Holy Land at war, and his chief UN observer Colonel Andre Serot, who had only swapped places with Hillman at ...