Reception and emergency hospitals in Sweden
The map shows places where Holocaust survivors were received and cared for at the end of World War II. Several survivors were sent directly to the Epidemic Hospital in Roslagstull as a result of the Nazis' actions. In the map you will find, in addition to epidemic hospitals, also emergency hospitals, reception and refugee camps and war hospitals.
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The map will be updated with more places.
There were hundreds of places in Sweden where former concentration camp prisoners came, from Skåne to Västernorrland. You can read about more emergency hospitals and reception places in the book Den medicinska spärren: smitta och gränsarbete i skuggan av Förintelsen (Makadam förlag, 2023).
Would you like to tell us about any of the places above or share something about other places that took in survivors? The museum is collecting stories and objects.
Header photo: Detail of Lilli's and Walter's passports and other documents. Photo: Ola Myrin, Swedish Holocaust Museum/SHM.