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Folke Bernadotte
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Swedish diplomat (1895–1948)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1895-01-02 ) 2 January 1895, Stockholm , Sweden
- Died
- 17 September 1948 (1948-09-17) (aged 53), Jerusalem
- Cause of death
- Assassinated by Lehi
- Burial
- Northern Cemetery , Solna
- Spouse
- Estelle Romaine Manville ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 )
- Issue
- Count Gustaf Eduard Count Folke Count Fredrik Oscar Count Bertil Oscar
- House
- Bernadotte
- Father
- Prince Oscar Bernadotte
- Mother
- Ebba Munck af Fulkila
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Folke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Spouse
- Estelle Bernadotte
- Father
- Prince Oscar Bernadotte
- Mother
- Ebba Bernadotte
- Employer
- United Nations
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Family
- House of Bernadotte
- Military branch
- Swedish Army
- Image
- Folke-Bernadotte.jpg
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- Commons category
- Folke Bernadotte
- date of birth
- 1895-01-02
- date of death
- 1948-09-17
- killed by
- Isaac Shamir
- place of burial
- Norra begravningsplatsen
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- Folke Bernadotte
- date of burial or cremation
- 1948-11-30
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Encyclopedic overview
Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg ( Swedish: [fɔ̂l.kɛ̂ bæɳaˈdɔtː]; 2 January 1895 – 17 September 1948) was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In World War II, he negotiated the release of about 450 Danish Jews and 30,550 non-Jewish prisoners of many nations from the Nazi German Theresienstadt Ghetto. They were released on 14 April 1945. In 1945 he received a German surrender offer from Heinrich Himmler, though the offer was ultimately rejected by the allies.
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 Zionist paramilitary group Lehi while pursuing his official duties. Upon his death, Ralph Bunche took up his work at the UN, successfully mediating the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Egypt.
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