Passage to Sweden examines the unique experience of Jews in Scandinavia and Budapest during WWII, where spontaneous and dramatic rescue operations were conducted to save thousands of lives. It captures the courage, compassion, and protection that Scandinavian countries and their citizens offered refugees facing persecution and is a reminder that anyone can make a difference.

Between 1940 and 1945, the sheer luck of where you were living made a world of difference to the Jews of Scandinavia. For unique political and geographic reasons, the Scandinavian Jews of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark had very different experiences. During the German occupation, Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Defying the occupying German forces and protecting fellow citizens, spontaneous and dramatic rescue operations were conducted to save thousands of Jewish lives. First-hand personal accounts also convey the extraordinary ways  Swedish diplomats leveraged their political position to save Jews from within Hungary and Germany.