By presenting portraits and testimonies, the exhibition focuses on survivors who came to Sweden after the Holocaust. The exhibition is produced by Jewish Culture in Sweden and the Swedish History Museum (part of the National Historical Museum, the Swedish Holocaust Museum). The portraits were photographed by Karl Gabor.
In 1945, at the end of World War II, about 10 000 Jewish survivors arrived in Sweden. They brought with them memories of murdered family members, of communities that had disappeared and of a world now lost forever. And they started a new life here. For many of them it was difficult to talk about what they had experienced. But now they have chosen to step forward and share their life histories with us. These witnesses give us unique insights into what it is like to live under constant persecution. Their message is how important humanity is for survival.
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About Speaking Memories
The Exhibition Speaking Memories – The Last Witnesses of the Holocaust is produced by Jewish Culture in Sweden and The Swedish History Museum. The project started in 2015 and developed into a unique exhibition with portraits, testimony archive and artefacts which has been on exhibit in different places around Sweden. Portraits of survivors of the Holocaust is the heart of the exhibition. The photos are commissioned from photographer Karl Gabor by Jewish Culture in Sweden.
The survivors in the portraits are vivid, expressive and colorful. You encounter them as human beings rather than art objects. Above all they capture the dignity and integrity of the survivors of the most atrocious crime in modern history – the attempt to totally exterminate Europe’s Jews.
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