Overview
- 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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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.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
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.
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