Episode 12.Arto Koskinen and John Bernstein try to find new material on Felix Kersten and the movements of the white buses in Sweden’s national archives. But time is running out, and Koskinen wants answers.We also hear from Jan Wellmann, John Bernstein, Boris Salomon and Jos Verlaan. Who was Felix Kersten?
Episode 11.Was Walter Schellenberg, the intelligent, pedantic, and creative chief of the SS’s counter-espionage division, behind Kersten’s act? Arto Koskinen delves into Felix Kersten’s relationship with Elisabeth Lüben, his former landlady’s daughter, who Kersten often called his sister. We hear from Boris Salomon an... more
Episode 10.What happened in Gut Harzwald? And who did the Swedish Red Cross’s white bus save there in 1945? Dutch journalist Jos Verlaan talks about Kersten’s connection to Holland’s nationalist socialist aristocrats and the Oxford group. Arto Koskinen and John Bernstein make findings in the book “Zodiac and Swastica”... more
Episode 9. What surprises are found near Gut Harzwald? Arto Koskinen, John Bernstein, Toby Bernstein and Pauline Taubach visit the farm Felix Kersten used to own in Gut Harzwald. Koskinen shares the news with Dutch reporter Jos Verlaan.
Episode 8.Did Kersten save Finland’s Jews? Arto Koskinen and John Bernstein meet historian Hannu Rautkallio who tells them his point of view on Felix Kersten’s wartime relationship with the Finnish government. Investigative reporter Boris Salomon reveals to Bernstein and Koskinen the kinds of deals Felix’s friend, bus... more
Episode 7.Felix Kersten, who was recommended for a Nobel Peace Prize, refuted his political association to the SS in his memoirs. But what about the proof and assertions that insisted otherwise? Arto Koskinen tries to find out about Kersten’s SS membership with the help of historians Lars Westerlund and Hannu Rautkall... more
Episode 6.Who was the mysterious Master Ko who taught Felix Kersten to be a massage therapist? Arto Koskinen interviews non-fiction writer Tapio Tamminen and tries once again to get in touch with Felix Kersten’s son, Arno Kersten.Koskinen eventually meets Andrea Kersten, the daughter of Kersten’s other son, as well a... more
Episode 5.What if Felix Kersten wasn’t Felix Kersten? Arto Koskinen and John Bernstein go back to researching documents about this new angle. Lars Westerlund, a judicial and government history researcher, and military history researcher Sune Sahlstedt review Werner Neuss’s theory that Felix Kersten had stolen his iden... more
Episode 4.Arto Koskinen travels with his friend John Bernstein, John’s son Toby Bernstein, and Toby’s girlfriend Pauline Taubach to meet Werner Neuss who has some shocking theories on Felix Kersten’s identity. The group ends up on a bridge on the Saale river in Halle, Germany. This is the place where Felix Kersten’s s... more
Episode 3.Did the director of Sweden’s Red Cross write a letter to Himmler that opposed the transfer of Jews to Sweden? Or was the letter that was known as the Bernadotte letter, which was signed by Count Folke Benadotte, a forgery - and whose typewriter was it written on? Arto Koskinen gets so deep into his research ... more
Episode 2.How is it possible to leave behind such a conflicting life story? Arto Koskinen examines information and documents on Felix Kersten, but finds more questions than answers.We hear quotes from the film ‘Who was Felix Kersten?’, from Felix Kersten’s middle son, Arno Kersten; Felix’s wife, Irmgard Kersten; Frie... more
Episode 1.When Arto Koskinen made the documentary film about Heinrich Himmler’s physical therapist and healer in the late 1990s, a warning light went off right away for the filmmakers. Or were the bad omens just due to an overactive imagination?Historian Antti Matikkala reveals the reasons for the honorary titles bes... more