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if one had escaped one night, the same drama would
be repeated the next night, and the next, and the
next. These people in the shelters feared, perhaps
more than death, the dark and frightful future
awaiting them if they lost their homes. They all had
witnessed the fate of many of their neighbors and
fellows. They all had seen the sorrowful sight of
homeless people wandering through the streets
looking for places which they hoped could offer some
refuge. These bombed out crowds looked like lemming
runs and consisted, for the most part, of old men,
women and children. They walked into a seemingly
hopeless future which had nothing to offer them.
It was the same everywhere. I thought of that
when, in the spring of 1944, I had the opportunity
to visit London. I had not been there since the
coronation of George VI, which I attended with my
family and my parents-in-law, and I was now able
to compare the English population’s reaction to air
warfare with that of the Germans.
During my conferences in Geneva, à desire had
been expressed that I should go to England to
contact the British Red Cross and other Red Cross
organizations represented in London. I also had
intended to get in touch with the leaders of UNRRA
in Europe. The flight to London was not without its
dramatic aspects. At that time there did not exist any
regular air communications between Sweden and
England. However, the British Legation promised
me that I could travel with one of the small, very fast
Mosquito planes used for carrying mail between
Stockholm and London, and which could take
passengers, if need be. It was on the 12th of February
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