Financing Hitler's War Effort
Dagens Nyheter, a Swedish newspaper, and Iltalehti, a Finnish tabloid, report that a document has been found in a safe at the Swedish Finance Ministry pertaining to a significant loan Wigforss granted to support Nazi Germany's war effort. No official records were ever made about this loan, but Swedish diplomat Krister Wahlbäck stated that the loan was agreed to and authorised by Wigforss for the specific purpose of assisting Hitler's war effort.
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