At Norra Kyrkogarden Cemetery in Lund, there is a separate section with 24 graves of Polish prisoners of German concentration camps who were evacuated from Germany as part of the Swedish Red Cross relief effort in 1945. The effort was initiated and organised by Count Folke Bernadotte, vice-chairman of the Swedish Red Cross, and was colloquially known as the 'White Buses'. - comes from the colour of the vehicles used to transport the evacuees. Upon arrival in Sweden, the evacuees were sent for treatment or convalescence, but despite the care, some of them died of exhaustion and acquired diseases. Most of those buried here died in the local hospital in 1945, a few in 1946 and 1947. The women were prisoners of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, the men of Bergen Belsen and Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The names of the deceased are carved on stone plaques. In the middle is a commemorative plaque with the Polish emblem and a monument initiated by Ludwika Broel-Plater, a former prisoner of KL Ravensbrück who settled in Lund. The monument, designed by Hungarian sculptor Zoljoma Wagner Nandor, was financed by community contributions and ceremonially unveiled on 27 October 1963. Made of steel and set on a high stone, the sculpture depicts a standing angel holding a pigeon with fallen wings in its right hand (a symbol of innocent sacrifice) and releasing a second pigeon from its left hand - a symbol of freedom. In front of the sculpture is a marble slab with the coat of arms of Poland - the White Eagle - and the inscription "To the victims of concentration camps - Compatriots", carved on the edges of the slab. Next to it rest 17 former concentration camp prisoners who settled in Sweden and died in later years, including the grave of the aforementioned Ludwika Broel-Plater and Antoni Wieloch, a prisoner of KL Stutthof and KL Sachsenhausen, who looked after the cemetery after the war. Photos taken from the "Polish Traces in Sweden" website www.polskieslady.se have been posted with the permission of the administrator.