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Swedish Jews Mark 10th Anniversary of Rescue from Nazi Camps

August 31, 1955
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The tenth anniversary of the rescue of Jewish refugees from the German concentration camps was marked here by the Jewish organizations of Stockholm. They placed wreathes on the graves of King Gustav V, Count Folke Bernadotte and Premier Hansson. Chief Rabbi Wilhelm conducted memorial services in the Jewish cemetery.

At a City Hall ceremony, addressed by Government officials and the Mayor of Stockholm, Dr. M. Nurock, a member of the Israel Knesset, addressed thanks to the Swedish Government for its aid to the Jewish victims of Nazism.

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