Untold

Free admission

The exhibition opens on December 12

Why did the Nazis murder hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti? Why were so few Roma and Sinti allowed to come to Sweden? And why is this so untold?

Untold begins with the resistance in the Roma section of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in 1944 and tells both about the background and the consequences of the genocide. In the exhibition, you will encounter previously unknown testimonies and unique artefacts. What emerges is the scale of the Nazis’ crimes, the story of the few who survived, and the long road to recognition.

The genocide of Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust was not officially acknowledged by the German state until the 1980s, and research into the genocide has only gained momentum in recent decades. For a long time, the genocide of Europe’s Roma population remained quite unknown and untold.

In Sweden, many live with the genocide as part of their family history. In the exhibition Untold, you will meet Rose-Marie, Eugen, Lenka, Bronislaw, and their descendants. Their life stories endure because they were told — and because someone continues to tell them.

I remember how the nails scraped against my feet."

– Rose-Marie Trollmann, speaking about the shoes she wore in Auschwitz-Birkenau and kept her entire life. One of the shoes is displayed in the exhibition.
Rose-Marie sitting on a chair.
Photo: Unknown. Swedish Holocaust Museum/SHM.

Rose-Marie Trollmann

Rose-Marie Trollmann lived in Sweden for nearly eighty years without speaking about her experiences in the Nazi camps. At the age of eighty, she began to share her story, and her testimony is part of the exhibition. In the photo, Rose-Marie is seven years old and living in Sweden.

Header image: Deportation of Sinti and Roma, 22 May 1940. Photo: Bundesarchiv.

Before your visit

Visit the exhibition at the Swedish Holocaust Museum, Torsgatan 19, Stockholm. Free admission. The exhibition opens on December 12.

Important information about jackets and bags

Cloakroom: Coats and bags may not be taken into the museum. You need to hang up your jacket on the coat racks in the entrance. Bags larger than A4 size may not be taken into the museum. There are small lockers at the entrance to the museum where you can leave your outer clothing. The cabinets are 37.5 centimeters long, 27 centimeters wide and 40.5 centimeters deep. Note! We cannot be responsible for bags that do not fit in the lockers, but refer to larger lockers that are available at, for example, Stockholm's central station. Bags may not be left unattended in the museum.

Monitoring in exhibition premises

The exhibition premises at the Swedish Holocaust Museum are under camera surveillance. The camera surveillance is approved by the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection. Only the authority's own security personnel have access to the material, which is saved for a limited time. It is only in the event of an incident or suspected crime that the recorded material is examined.

For questions contact: registrator@shm.se

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