Mass Suicide Attempt by German Internees In Sweden To Avoid Extradition -- Assisted by two Swedish policemen, exhausted German internee at *****, near Eksjo is taken to a red cross Station for nourishment. He had been hungerstriking as a protest against extradition. Scores of German military internees in Swedish camps attempted mass suicide with knives, razorblades and other sharp Objects such as Glass and pointed sticks, as swedish soldiers and State police set in motion their extradition on November 30 to Russian occupied Europe. The Germans were Rushed to hospital where their self inflicted wounds were treated. Other internees has been hungerstriking And were found too weak for transportation, they too were taken to hospital, and forcibly fed. December 17, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).