Al Jazeera Documentaries
Killing the Count: Mediation and Assassination
2014 • E2 Jun 12, 2014 45m
The story of Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden and how he rescued concentration camp inmates from Germany during WWII.
In part two we look at the appointment of the Count, three years later, as the United Nation's first mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and his assassination four months later in September 1948 by Zionist extremists during an official visit to Jerusalem. Al Jazeera's documentary offers unique insight into his life and death, including accessing family and film archives never seen before.
In part two we look at the appointment of the Count, three years later, as the United Nation's first mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and his assassination four months later in September 1948 by Zionist extremists during an official visit to Jerusalem. Al Jazeera's documentary offers unique insight into his life and death, including accessing family and film archives never seen before.