White buses in Lübeck - First and the last transports - Who came first to Sweden? - Embarrassing truth!

Lübeck, April 1945 - the category "German prisoners from the concentration camps".

Lübeck, April 1945 - the category "German Swedes". These people had German citizenship but could demonstrate a connection to Sweden. Several women on the photos were married to prominant Nazis.

These two photos above were taken in the same place: the city of Lubeck in Nazi Germany during April 1945. In the background are vehicles belonging to the White bus expedition. In the foreground are those that will be transported to Sweden. Their attire and facial expressions are disturbingly different.

The bottom photo is from the category German Swedes. These people had German citizenship but could demonstrate a connection to Sweden.
To travel, it was enough for them to be married to German women who were born in Sweden or had Swedish citizenship. That group came with expensive convertible cars and had the latest Berlin fashion clothes. Two Danish White buses are seen in the background (one of them is unpainted). According to the witness, when passing the German-Danish border, they sang Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt (Germany, Germany above all, above everything in the world).

The top photo is from the category of German prisoners from the concentration camps. On the right side of the photo, on the same spot where the expensive convertible car was parked in the bottom photograph, there is one of the cars from the White bus mission. Two trucks that were transporting prisoners are also seen. The group of prisoners has typical coats for prisoners at the end of WWII. As there was no production of new prison clothes with typical stripes, the Ravensbrück women got the coats, marked on the back with oil paint with a huge white cross. The crosses would impede escape. 

When the White bus mission arrived at Ravensbrüvk in April 1945.

*Ravensbrück was the main concentration camp for female prisoners.