As part of the Action Bernadotte, the Scandinavian women left Ravensbrück on 8 April 1945. The transport with a convoy of eight[1] Swedish buses was led by the Swedish lieutenant Löthman. On the way to Ravensbrück Löthman had brought 5000 “Svenskpakker” (parcels of the Swedish Red Cross) and sanitary towels for the French women in Ravensbrück[2]. According to the transport list[3] 74 Norwegian, 24 Danish[4] and 2 French women were taken along[5]. The convoy of Löthman took the women to Padborg via Hamburg and returned the next morning to Friedrichsruh (near Hamburg). The convoy arrived in Padborg in the night from 8 to 9 April. After a meal at the border, the women were taken by Danish buses to Sweden. The Norwegian survivor of Ravensbrück, Lise Børsum, wrote a charming memo about this transport from Ravensbrück to Sweden[6]. In Sweden, the 74 Norwegian women from Ravensbrück were united with 16 Norwegian women from Mauthausen. These were 16 of the 18 Norwegian women who had been sent from Ravensbrück to Mauthausen at the beginning of March 1945. The 16 were picked up at the beginning of April 1945 with a transport of the White Buses from Mauthausen and came to Sweden via Hamburg-Wandsbek[7].
Here the swedish translation of the tranportlist with names and particulars of the women.
[1] Krigsdagbok Herbert Röhstö
[2] De vita bussarna, Åke Svenson 2007
[3] Copy of the original transport list in Malmö Stadsarkiv under F7-11.
[4] One name of the 24, Kony Bjerg-Jensen, is crossed out.
[5] The countesses Amalia de Rambuteau and Tatiana de Fleurien
[6] „DE HVITE BUSSENE“ in the possession of Lise Børsum
[7] Interview with Sten Olsson, Exposition Neuengamme Memorial