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Episode 7. Felix Kersten, who was recommended for a Nobel Peace Prize, refuted his political association to the SS in his memoirs. But what about the proof and assertions that insisted otherwise? Arto Koskinen tries to find out about Kersten’s SS membership with the help of historians Lars Westerlund and Hannu Rautkallio. He also researches Operation Reinhardt with John Bernstein, and they uncover a familiar name in the process.
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Episode 12. Arto Koskinen and John Bernstein try to find new material on Felix Kersten and the movements of the white buses in Sweden’s national archives. But time is running out, and Koskinen wants answers. We also hear from Jan Wellmann, John Bernstein, Boris Salomon and Jos Verlaan. Who was...
Published 02/26/19
Episode 11. Was Walter Schellenberg, the intelligent, pedantic, and creative chief of the SS’s counter-espionage division, behind Kersten’s act? Arto Koskinen delves into Felix Kersten’s relationship with Elisabeth Lüben, his former landlady’s daughter, who Kersten often called his sister. We...
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Episode 10. What happened in Gut Harzwald? And who did the Swedish Red Cross’s white bus save there in 1945? Dutch journalist Jos Verlaan talks about Kersten’s connection to Holland’s nationalist socialist aristocrats and the Oxford group. Arto Koskinen and John Bernstein make findings in the...
Published 02/26/19