Med eftersits 15.00-17.00 i personalmatsalen: Samarr med CTR och MS profilområde "Human Rights in a Polarised World". Seminariet delfinansieras med medel från Oscar och Signe Krooks stiftelse och anordnas i samarbete med Historiska institutionen och Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap. 

Abstract 
 
A Jar of Potato Salad Can Save lives: The Legacy of the White Bus Rescue Actions in Mars-May 1945
 

Presenters:
 
Richard Ohlsson (President, Better Futures Foundation) 
and Roger A. Ritvo (Distinguished Professor, Auburn University Montgomery)
 
 
How could a jar of potato salad ultimately result in 15,345 lives being saved from the Nazi death machine at the very end of the Second World War? Organized by Count Folke Bernadotte with the agreement of Heinrich Himmler, the White Bus rescue had little to do with ‘winning the war,” but remains one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history. The Swedish Red Cross applied the principles of human rights in an era when these were trampled by power, delusional dreams of conquest, and inhumanity. Inspired by these events, Richard Ohlsson founded the Better Futures Foundation to carry on this legacy of courage by ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Roger Ritvo’s recent research highlighted some of those rescued and how they went on to make major contributions to politics, the arts, business, and other humanitarian programs. There will be ample opportunity for questions, answers, and conversation.