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Early Holocaust Memory in Sweden

Archives, Testimonies and Reflections

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Editors:
  1. Johannes Heuman

    1. Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

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  2. Pontus Rudberg

    1. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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  • Investigates the memory of the Holocaust in Sweden in the twentieth century
  • Concentrates on early initiatives to document and disseminate information about the genocide from the late 1940s until the early 1960s
  • Emphasises the role of transnational Jewish networks for the developing Holocaust memory in Sweden

Part of the book series: The Holocaust and its Contexts (HOLC)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Holocaust Memory in Sweden: A Re-evaluation

    • Johannes Heuman, Pontus Rudberg
    Pages 1-31

  3. In Search of Documentation: Nella Rost and the Jewish Historical Commission in Stockholm

    • Johannes Heuman
    Pages 33-65

  4. Witnessing the Holocaust: Jewish Experiences and the Collection of the Polish Source Institute in Lund

    • Izabela A. Dahl
    Pages 67-91

  5. Holocaust Testimonies in Jewish Compensation Claims in the United Restitution Organisation’s Archive in Stockholm

    • Pontus Rudberg
    Pages 93-117

  6. ‘The Greatest Pogrom in World History’: Hugo Valentin and the Holocaust

    • Olof Bortz
    Pages 119-138

  7. Tracing the Holocaust in Early Writings in Post-War Sweden

    • Karin Kvist Geverts
    Pages 139-161

  8. ‘A Hellish Nightmare’: The Swedish Press and the Construction of Early Holocaust Narratives, 1945–1950

    • Antero Holmila
    Pages 163-187

  9. Jews, Gender, and the Scandinavian Subject: Understanding the Context and Content of the Film Vittnesbördet [The Testimony]

    • Kristin Wagrell
    Pages 189-219

  10. Dire Strait? When the Holocaust Came to Sweden—A Regional Perspective 1943–1945

    • Ulf Zander
    Pages 221-247

  11. The Holocaust and the Jewish Survivors in the Swedish-Jewish Press, 1945–1955

    • Malin Thor Tureby
    Pages 249-285

  12. Recognition, Justice, and Memory: Swedish-Jewish Reactions to the Holocaust and the Major Trials

    • Julia Sahlström
    Pages 287-313

  13. Early Memorialisation of the Holocaust: American and Scandinavian Perspectives

    • Hasia R. Diner
    Pages 315-321

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 323-334
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About this book

This book investigates the memory of the Holocaust in Sweden and concentrates on early initiatives to document and disseminate information about the genocide during the late 1940s until the early 1960s. As the first collection of testimonies and efforts to acknowledge the Holocaust contributed to historical research, judicial processes, public discussion, and commemorations in the universalistic Swedish welfare state, the chapters analyse how and in what ways the memory of the Holocaust began to take shape, showing the challenges and opportunities that were faced in addressing the traumatic experiences of a minority. In Sweden, the Jewish trauma could be linked to positive rescue actions instead of disturbing politics of collaboration, suggesting that the Holocaust memory was less controversial than in several European nations following the war. This book seeks to understand how and in what ways the memory of the Holocaust began to take shape in the developing Swedish welfare state andemphasises the role of transnational Jewish networks for the developing Holocaust memory in Sweden.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

    Johannes Heuman

  • Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Pontus Rudberg

About the editors

​Johannes Heuman is Senior Lecturer in History at Jönköping University, Sweden. He has worked as a researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre at Uppsala University, Sweden, l'Institut d'histoire du temps présent (CNRS) and the Centre Alberto-Benveniste (EPHE) in Paris, France. 
Pontus Rudberg is Researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden. He is currently working on a project about the rehabilitation and integration of Holocaust survivors in Sweden and leads the Swedish part of the Rothschild Foundation Europe’s Yerusha project.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Early Holocaust Memory in Sweden

  • Book Subtitle: Archives, Testimonies and Reflections

  • Editors: Johannes Heuman, Pontus Rudberg

  • Series Title: The Holocaust and its Contexts

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55532-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55531-3Published: 01 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55534-4Published: 02 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55532-0Published: 30 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2731-5711

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-572X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 334

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of World War II and the Holocaust, History of Modern Europe, Memory Studies, Cultural History, History of Religion

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