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that time, of whom about 2,500,000 were in Germany,
700,000 in Russia, and 800,000 in other countries.
As far as I could learn later, these figures were
understated. However, this gives us some idea of
the gigantic reconstruction work facing Poland.
The return journey was not without certain
adventures. We were to fly to Scotland, but on account
of fog, we were forced to land on an American
military airfield in Wales. It was there that our
Permanent Undersecretary of State to the Treasury,
Dag Hammarskjöld, who had joined our company,
had to answer all the questions which American
pilots asked about Sweden. He managed this very
well. Their comrades, who had been interned in
Sweden, had obviously told them about their experiences
and this had stimulated their interest. I well
remember the icy cold night we spent in the sheet
metal barracks. It was equally cold in the English
military plane in which we finally left Scotland.
It was a long flight. A report received concerning
German activity over the North Sea made it
impossible for the pilot to take the direct route to
Stockholm, and instead, he made a big swing to the
north. We were glad when we landed at Bromma in
the middle of the night.
The curtain then rose for the last act of the
Second World War.
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