Collections and Archives
The collection at The Swedish Holocaust Museum includes, among other things, stories, documents, letters, objects, newspaper clippings, films, and audio recordings. It contains stories of life before, during, and after the Holocaust. The collection primarily portrays the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, but also includes memories from the majority society.
About the Museum’s Collection
The museum continuously collects memories, objects, stories, and other materials. The collection mainly focuses on people and events connected to Sweden. We also work constantly to add more information about what is already in the collections.
Would you like to share a memory or do you have questions about the collection? Contact us at samlingar@museumforintelsen.se
You can read more about how it works here: Share a Story
Visit Our Collections and Archives
Would you like to study objects or archival materials from our collections? You are welcome to contact us to book a visit.
Email: samlingar@museumforintelsen.se
You will then receive more information about how the visit works. During your visit to the collection, you will be asked to leave your bag and outerwear in a locked cabinet. Food and drinks are not allowed in the research room.
Search the Collections
Our collection is digitized, and we are constantly working to enrich the information about our objects and to increase the number of images. You can search among the images and objects already available in our online database. All information is free to use, and most of the media is licensed under open Creative Commons licenses. Some images depict copyright-protected works; through an extended collective license agreement with Bildupphovsrätt in Sweden (BUS), the National Historical Museums have the right to display these images on Search the Collections.
We share the database with the other museums that are part of the National Historical Museums. Therefore, you will find objects from the Economy Museum, the Hallwyl Museum, the Swedish History Museum, the Royal Armoury, Skokloster Castle, the Tumba Paper Mill Museum, and the Swedish Holocaust Museum in the database.
Looking for Information About a Relative?
Are you searching for traces of relatives who were affected by the Holocaust? You are welcome to contact us for assistance with archival research.
Email: samlingar@museumforintelsen.se
Here are some places to start your search:
During physical visits to Sweden’s Museum of the Holocaust, you can access testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation. About the museum’s digital archive station
EHRI collects archives and databases related to the Holocaust.
Arolsen Archives is the world’s most comprehensive archive on the victims of Nazism.
Yad Vashem has an extensive name database.
At the Swedish National Archives, you can request records concerning people who came to Sweden.
Lund University Library has a large collection documenting Polish-speaking survivors from Ravensbrück
