Ralph Bunche
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Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in the Arab–Israeli conflict. He is the first black Nobel lau
Bunche in 1955
Bunche in the Jefferson High School yearbook, 1922
A declassified photograph of Bunche (top right) and members of his staff during World War II. He was the head of the Africa Research Section of the Office of Strategic Services.
Bunche with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, 12 December 1948
Folke Bernadotte
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Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In World War II, he negotiated the release of about 450 Danish Jews and 30,550 non-Jewish prisoners of many nations from the Naz
Ralph Bunche
…described this trip as his "most exciting adventure in the Land of Israel." In 1948, he traveled to the Middle East as the chief aide to Sweden's Count Folke Bernadotte, who had been appointed by the UN to mediate the conflict. These men chose the island of Rhodes for their base and working headquarters. In September…
Bernadotte in the mid 1940s
Count Folke Bernadotte (left) talking to Australian prisoners of war in Sweden during a prisoner exchange, 1943
A White Bus passes through Odense, Denmark, 17 April 1945.
Folke Bernadotte in 1948