Access to collections by appointment only. Contact samlingar@museumforintelsen.se
Currently the Swedish Holocaust Museum is located in a temporary location, the"Glass buildin" of Bonnierhuset in central Stockholm.
Not all holdings are available online due to copyrights and GDPR. In that case, contact archivist
The Holocaust is a defining event in European history, firstly for the millions who were persecuted and murdered, but also for postwar views on humanism and ethics. The establishment of a museum is an acknowledgement that, although not perpetrated on Swedish soil, the Holocaust is very much a part of Sweden’s history and cultural heritage. A key foundation for the museum is the stories of the survivors who came to Sweden. By exhibiting the stories and artefacts donated to the museum, we preserve and pass on the history of Sweden and the Holocaust. It is essential to highlight the Nazi ideology and explain the society the perpetrators aimed to create in order to understand why various groups were seen as threats and problems. The Nazis' increasingly radical treatment of unwanted people ultimately led to the Holocaust, in which over six million Jews were murdered. Additionally, millions of others were persecuted and killed by the Nazis and their allies during the same period, including Romani people, people with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and political opponents. The museum actively works to shed light on different perspectives of the Holocaust and the various groups affected by the Nazi crimes.
The museum collects material related to Sweden and the Holocaust, as defined by IHRA.
The collection consists of objects, archival and photographic material relating to the Holocaust and Sweden. Examples are correspondance between parents and children arriving in 1938-39 on the children's quota (Kindertransport), photographs, objects and documents from various refugee camp and temporary war hospitals and the White buses operation, documents and photographs the UNRRA"white boat" operation, diaries of individuals and other offical types of documents as well as personal objects brought to Sweden when fleeing pre-war or arriving post-war with the Red Cross. The archives contains many small private archives, such as from Wanda Lanzer, the Ullmann family, Nachum Zonabend and other survivors or medical staff. The archives also contains collected interviews and testimonies as wells as recently produced interviews by the museum.
The Swedish Government decided to establish the Swedish Holocaust Museum within the framework of National Historical Museums. The museum was formally established on 1st July 2022. In June 2023, the first exhibition opened in the museum's temporary location at Torsgatan 19 in Stockholm. The museum will be located there while we search for permanent premises for the operation.
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