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ing recent ‘events in connection with the German
capitulation. No actual negotiations took place during
my short visit in Frankfurt. The kind invitation of ,
Sír Arhur was largely due to a former visit of his
to Stockholm where we had met. He also wanted to
show his appreciation for the work I had been doing
during the war in connection with the internment of
British pilots.
After only two days in Frankfurt, I left in Tedder’s
private plane for Hamburg. I requested that the
plane circle the concentration camp of Neuengamme.
Recalling my previous activities among the
Scandinavian prisoners there, I very much wanted to see
the place again. When we circled the camp at a very
low altitude, we could see a great number of people
moving about. They were Germans whom the German
authorities had taken into custody, and who had to
stay in the camp until their individual cases had
been investigated. Some of them were later released,
while others were tried and given sentences of
varying lengths.
I also requested that we should fly over Prince
Bismarck’s country manor, Friedrichsruh, where
the Swedish Red Cross detachement had had its
headquarters. I had not had the opportunity to see the
results of the Allied bombing of Friedrichsruh which
had taken place some days before my last
conversation with Himmler in April. The castle had been
almost totally destroyed. The Bismarck family had
been obliged to take refuge in one of the nearby
buildings which had been used before as a Bismarck
museum.
We flew in over Hamburg. As has been said
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