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The mission of the Swedish Holocaust Museum is to deepen and broaden knowledge of the Holocaust based on the stories of survivors with links to Sweden. We preserve and pass on memories of the Holocaust and create opportunities for meetings, discussion and reflection.

The Holocaust and World War II are part of Swedish history. Preserving the memory of the Holocaust in open archives, documentation, education and research is a Swedish concern.

Some 10,000 Jewish refugees arrived in Sweden in 1945 at the end of World War II. With them they carried memories of murdered family members, vanished communities and a lost world. And it was here that they began new lives. The genocide of the Holocaust affected millions of people. A large number of those who experienced these events lived or still live in Sweden, as do the second and third generations of their families. 

The activities of the Swedish Holocaust Museum shall be available to everyone in Sweden. The most important target group is secondary and upper-secondary students and teachers. Among the general population, we are keen to reach both those with in-depth knowledge of the Holocaust and those who know nothing about it. We are also keen to be an intergenerational meeting place.