Harbour of Hope (2011)
In 1945 Irene, Ewa and Joe were among the nearly 30,000 survivors rescued from German concentration camps to the peaceful harbour town Malmö, Sweden. Here they started life again.
Top billed cast
Irene Krausz-FainmanSelf- Stig KinnhagenSelf
- Ewa Kabacinska JanssonSelf
- Joe RozenbergSelf
- Marguerite LartigauSelf (archive footage; uncredited)
- Hinda JakubowiczSelf (archive footage; uncredited)
- Fredzia MarmurSelf (archive footage; uncredited)
- Felicja SonabendSelf (archive footage; uncredited)
- Sara NowakSelf (archive footage; uncredited)
- Helen FoxSelf (archive footage; uncredited)
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