By looking to a uniquely important historical event: The Swedish Red Cross World War II White Bus Rescue Action, the learning experience has the potential to serve as a transformative educational experience promoting social justice and civic responsibility. Students will reflect on how citizenship was displayed in the past and reflect
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“A Self-Contained Traveling Exhibit Trailer with Films, Pictures, and Interactive Educational Material; inspired by The WWII White Bus Rescue Action. Learn how history can empower the next generation to become agents of change and advocates of social justice. Better Futures traveling exhibit will come to You; it may be your school, university,
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At the end of WWII, in the spring of 1945, The White Bus Rescue Action rescued approx. 17,500 Holocaust survivors. The rescue action was organized by Count Folke Bernadotte, VP of Red Cross Sweden, together with the Danish and the Norwegian Exile Government. The buses were painted white by request of the
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