Magnus Gertten has managed to make a film full of warmth and human presence, even a beautiful film, if one may say so, given the subject matter.

Robert Dahlström, Ystads Allehanda

Harbour of Hope

Related links

Here is a selection of links relating to the story and topics covered in Harbour of Hope.

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

For resources on WW2, please refer to the World War 2 Links Directory.