The cemetery next to the church holds the remains of 44 men, prisoners of German concentration camps, who were evacuated from Germany as part of the Swedish Red Cross relief effort in 1945. The effort was initiated and organised by Count Folke Bernadotte, vice-chairman of the Swedish Red Cross, and was colloquially named the 'White Buses' after the colour of the vehicles used to transport the evacuees. Upon arrival in Sweden, the evacuees were sent for treatment or convalescence to, among others, the military hospital in Lärbro, but despite care, some of them died between 1945 and 1946 due to exhaustion and acquired diseases. The majority of those buried here are Poles (presumably 28 people), in addition to nine Jews, also of Polish origin, as well as Lithuanians, Russians, Italians and Yugoslavs. Stars of David are placed on the graves of Jews. Other graves are marked with crosses on which plaques with names are placed.

In 2005, a plaque was founded with the text in Polish and Swedish: "To the memory of the Polish prisoners of German concentration camps brought to Gotland in 1945 thanks to the action of the Swedish Red Cross who died in 1945-1946 in the local hospital from illness and exhaustion. Government of the Republic of Poland and the Polish community in the Kingdom of Sweden".

In 2010, the then Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Malmö, Jarosław Łasiński, carried out a verification of the personal data on the basis of archival documentation and had the plaques on the crosses replaced with new ones containing the correct personalities of those buried.