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"We will be judged in our own time and in the future by measuring
the aid that we, inhabitants of a free and fortunate country, gave
to our brethren in this time of greatest disaster." This
declaration, made shortly after the pogroms of November 1938 by the
Jewish communities in Sweden, was truer than anyone could have
forecast at the time. Pontus Rudberg focuses on this sensitive
issue - Jewish responses to the Nazi persecutions and mass murder
of Jews. What actions did Swedish Jews take to aid the Jews in
Europe during the years 1933-45 and what determined their policies
and actions? Specific attention is given to the aid efforts of the
Jewish Community of Stockholm, including the range of activities in
which the community engaged and the challenges and opportunities
presented by official refugee policy in Sweden.
"We will be judged in our own time and in the future by measuring
the aid that we, inhabitants of a free and fortunate country, gave
to our brethren in this time of greatest disaster." This
declaration, made shortly after the pogroms of November 1938 by the
Jewish communities in Sweden, was truer than anyone could have
forecast at the time. Pontus Rudberg focuses on this sensitive
issue - Jewish responses to the Nazi persecutions and mass murder
of Jews. What actions did Swedish Jews take to aid the Jews in
Europe during the years 1933-45 and what determined their policies
and actions? Specific attention is given to the aid efforts of the
Jewish Community of Stockholm, including the range of activities in
which the community engaged and the challenges and opportunities
presented by official refugee policy in Sweden.
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 and emphasises the role of
transnational Jewish networks for the developing Holocaust memory
in Sweden.
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 and emphasises the role of
transnational Jewish networks for the developing Holocaust memory
in Sweden.
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