Sweden and the Holocaust

Explore Swedens history in relation to the Holocaust and learn more about the nazi crimes through exhibitions, guided tours and interactive installations. The Swedish Holocaust Museum is located at Torsgatan 19, Stockholm. Free admission.

A group of people in front of the White Buses. They are wearing armbands with the Swedish flag.

Opening hours

Open today 11:00–17:00
Opening hours

What's on

Free admission.
All activities

In Black and White

The exhibition In Black and White explores Swedish media and the Holocaust – what was written and broadcasted, but also what was erased or edited out.

Collage of headlines and photos from newspapers.

Untold

About the genocide of Sinti and Roma.

Deportation of Sinti and Roma, 22 May 1940.

The White Buses

Discover The Swedish Red Cross Rescue Operation 1945. Follow people’s stories through a timeline, personal accounts, and maps.

White Buses.
Portrait of Rozsi and Lazlo Hirschl.
Photo: Yad Vashem

Lost Voices

They survived the Holocaust and came to Sweden in the summer of 1945, but died shortly after their arrival. Who were they, and what can be told about their lives?

Group of people stand on a ship's deck looking up at the photographer. On the deck are also two white buses with Swedish flags and the red cross symbol.
Photo: K. W. Gullers, Nordiska museet (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Stories of survivors

Read about destinies from persecution to Sweden.

About the museum

The purpose of the Swedish Holocaust Museum is to preserve and pass on the memory of the Holocaust.

Detail of a suitcase.
Photo: Ola Myrin, Swedish Holocaust Museum/SHM

The Swedish Holocaust Museum online

Experience what the Swedish Holocaust Museum’s can offer digitally.

Black-and-white portrait with two circles from a timeline. A year is shown at the top.

Collections

The Swedish Holocaust Museum collects artefacts, documents and other material that illuminate the Holocaust in a historical context, including the testimonies of survivors with links to Sweden, as well as their descendants and those who knew them.

Collage with Lilo’s identification documents.
Photo: Ola Myrin, Swedish Holocaust Museum/SHM