Sujet
The funeral of Count Folke Bernadotte, Gustav Vasa Church, Stockholm, Sweden, 1948. Artist: Göran Algård
Légende
The funeral of Count Folke Bernadotte, Gustav Vasa Church, Stockholm, Sweden, 1948. Vice-president of the Swedish Red Cross, Count Folke Bernadotte (1895-1948) negotiated for the release of over 30,000 prisoners from German concentration and prisoner-of-war camps in World War II. He became the United Nation Security Councils' mediator after the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1947-1948. He was assassinated, along with UN observer Colonel André Serot, in Jerusalem on 17 September 1948 by members of the Zionist extremist 'Stern Gang'.
Göran Algård Collection
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Goran Algard Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D82_074
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,5Mo (1,5Mo) / 39,6cm x 31,9cm / 4683 x 3768 (300dpi)