Swedish Holocaust Museum

Swedish Holocaust Museum (Swedish: Sveriges Museum om Förintelsen) is a state historical museum in Stockholm focused on the Holocaust.[1] The museum is currently headed by Katherine Hauptman.[2]

Swedish Holocaust Museum
Sveriges Museum om Förintelsen
Established21 June 2023
LocationTorsgatan 19,
Stockholm, Sweden
TypeHolocaust museum
DirectorKatherine Hauptman
Websitemuseumforintelsen.se

History

The idea of museum was proposed in 2018 by Polish-born Holocaust survivor Max Safir.[3] The Swedish Ministry of Culture announced in 2020 that $1.1 million would be allocated to the Living History Forum in order to establish a Holocaust museum focusing on suvivors living in Sweden as well as a separate "center" devoted to the memory of the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg.[4][5] In 2021, the government commissioned the State Historical Museums to submit proposals for the establishment of Sweden's Holocaust Museum as a museum within the authority. One point was that stories from survivors with connections to Sweden should be at the center of the activity.[6]

Completion of the museum was significantly delayed. It was decided that the museum would be located in Stockholm rather than Malmö in which a high number of antisemitic incidents had recently been reported.[7]

In June 2022, the museum was inaugurated by the Swedish Minister of Culture, Jeanette Gustafsdotter.[8]

References
  1. "Swedish Holocaust Museum, Slated for a 2022 Opening, to be Based in Stockholm". Haaretz.
  2. Christodoulou, Loukas (16 June 2022). "Sweden's Holocaust Museum first in Europe to host interactive testimony". Sveriges Radio.
  3. "Sweden allocates $1.1 million to start work on its first Holocaust museum". The Times of Israel.
  4. "The Swedish Holocaust Museum will be established in Stockholm". 27 January 2021.
  5. "Sweden allocates $1.1 million to start work on its first Holocaust museum". The Times of Israel.
  6. "Förintelsemuseum". Minoritet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  7. Dolsten, Josefin (30 September 2020). "Sweden allocates $1.1 million to start work on its first Holocaust museum". Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  8. "New Swedish Holocaust Museum Inaugurated in Stockholm".


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