Folke Bernadotte; Count of Wisborg (2 January 1895 - 17 September 1948) was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman. During World War II he negotiated the release of about 31;000 prisoners from German concentration camps including 450 Danish Jews from the Theresienstadt camp. They were released on 14 April 1945. In 1945; he received a German surrender offer from Heinrich Himmler; though the offer was ultimately rejected.

After the war; Bernadotte was unanimously chosen to be the United Nations Security Council mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1947-1948. He was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1948 by the militant Zionist group Lehi while pursuing his official duties. The decision to assassinate him had been taken by Natan Yellin-Mor; Yisrael Eldad; and Yitzhak Shamir; who later became Prime Minister of Israel. Pictures From History