Figure 1.--Here we see two German refugee girls in Sweden. The photograph was taken in 1947. They were still in Sweden 2 yeas after the War ended. There is writing in Swedish on the back with details, but we cannot make it out. Click on the image to have a look.

We note some German refugees in Sweden, but have been able to find little about them. We note that German anti-NAZIs and Jews attempted to enter Sweden. We know that for the most part that Jews were refused entry, but some respected individuals were granted entry like physicist Lise Meitner. We are not sure about anti-NAZI Germans. Some did gain entry, but were no allowed to egage in provocative activities. We believe some were arested and held in the interment camps Swedish authorities opened. Swedish resistance to Jewish immigration first began to crack when Norwegian Jews were allowed to enter after the German invasion (April 1940). The big shidt occurred when the NAZIs attemted to round up Danish Jews (October 1943). As the War went increasingly against Germany and the Allied bombing campaign intensifid that some Germans attemted to reach Sweden. We believe that the numbers were smaller than was the case for the German refugees who sought safety in Denmark. We do not know what the Swedish policy was oward these German refugees. It was more difficult to reach Sweden than Denmark. Nor do we know about German ppolicies toward the refugees. Many of the refugees may have been Germans with family or business connections. We have been able to find little information at this time.

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