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TheHimmler-Kersten Agreement was a document signed on 12 March 1945 byReichsführer-SSHeinrich Himmler and his personal physicianFelix Kersten, in which Himmler made four pledges 'in the name of humanity' concerning the fate ofNazi concentration camps upon the approach of Allied forces at the end of theSecond World War.^[1][2]

The four points of the agreement were that on the approach of Allied forces:^[3]

1. The concentration camps would not be destroyed
2. Awhite flag would be flown and control of concentration camps handed over to the Allies
3. The killing of Jews would be ceased and Jews treated equally to other prisoners
4. The inmates would not be evacuated and Sweden would be allowed to send food parcels to individual Jewish prisoners

The document was signed in secret, in the presence only of Himmler's secretaryRudolf Brandt, in a room at theHohenlychen Sanatorium.

This agreement saved the lives of 60,000 Jews as well as more than 15,000 people who were rescued during theWhite Buses operations in March-April 1945.

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