I think I shall call you Bradley. Now, Ike and Bradley, we shall proceed with your potty training . . .
I think I shall call you Bradley. Now, Ike and Bradley, we shall proceed with your potty training . . .
Lars Ernster rescued January 8, 1945
During World War II, Lars Ernster, Edith Ernster and Jacob Steiner lived in the office of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest. In the night of January 8, 1945 all inhabitants were dragged away by an Arrow Cross Party executing brigade of the city commander near the banks of the Danube. At midnight, 20 policemen with drawn bayonets broke into the Arrow Cross house and rescued everyone.
Edith Ernster remembers
Edith Ernster, who lived through that time, recalls: “It seemed so strange - this country of super-aryans, the Swedes, taking us under their wings. Often, when an Orthodox Jew went by, in his hat, beard and sidelocks, we’d say, ‘Look, there goes another Swede.”
A special department was created in the Swedish embassy in Budapest with Raoul Wallenberg as its head. It was staffed primarily with Jewish volunteers. Initially, there were 250 workers; later, he had about 400 people working around the clock. Wallenberg seemed to sleep no more than an hour or two a night, and then it was wherever he happened to be working. He was everywhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Ernster