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Ładoś Group
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Ładoś Group, Bernese Group (Polish: grupa berneńska or grupa Ładosia, French: groupe bernois) is a name given to a group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists who during Second World War elaborated in Switzerland a system of illegal production of Latin American passports aimed at saving European Jews from the Holocaust.[1][2][3] It is estimated that thanks to the action about 10,000 people were saved from being sent to German extermination camps.
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