Background information

Here is background information relating to the Red Cross’ White Busses Mission and other topics covered in Harbour of Hope.

Here you can download a PDF-file providing an overview of the historical events around Harbour of Hope: HarbourOfHopeHistoricalBackground

The  Red Cross mission bringing thousands of survivors to Malmö is often referred to as “The White Busses”. Read about the White Busse on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Buses

Here is a Wikipedia article on Folke Bernadotte, vice-president of the Swedish Red Cross during WWII and leading figure in the White Busses mission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte

Swedish Red Cross has made a report on the White Busses. Here is the link taking you to the report in Swedish: http://www.redcross.se/om-oss/historik/vita-bussarna/

Here you can download the Red Cross report on The White Busses in English: HoHTheWhiteBuses