Page "Sven Hedin" Paragraph 91

On 8 June 1942 the Nazis increased the pressure on Sven Hedin by deporting Alfred Philippson and his family to the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

By doing so they accomplished their goal of forcing Hedin against his conscience to write his book Amerika im Kampf der Kontinente in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and other government agencies and to publish it in Germany in 1942.

In return, the Nazis classified Alfred Philippson as “ A-prominent ” and granted his family privileges which enabled them to survive.