Early Holocaust Memory in Sweden

​Johannes Heuman is Senior Lecturer in History at Jönköping University, Sweden. He has worked as a researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre at Uppsala University, Sweden, l'Institut d'histoire du temps présent (CNRS) and the Centre Alberto-Benveniste (EPHE) in Paris, France. Pontus Rudberg is Researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden. He is currently working on a project about the rehabilitation and integration of Holocaust survivors in Sweden and leads the Swedish part of the Rothschild Foundation Europe’s Yerusha project.

• ​Introduction: Holocaust Memory in Sweden: A Re-evaluation; Johannes Heuman & Pontus Rudberg.- 1. 'The Sentenced to Death Testifies': The Tegen’s and their Collection of Holocaust Testimonies; Lars M. Andersson.- 2. The Collection of Survivor Testimonies of the Polish Research Institute in Sweden; Izabela Dahl.- 3. In Search for Documents: Nella Rost and the Jewish Historical Commission in Stockholm; Johannes Heuman.- 4. Holocaust Testimonies in Jewish Claims for Restitutions; Pontus Rudberg.- 5. 'The Greatest Pogrom in World History’: Hugo Valentin and the Holocaust; Olof Bortz.- 6. Tracing the Holocaust in Swedish Post-War Literature; Karin Kvist Geverts.- 7. The Swedish Press and the Construction of Early Holocaust Narratives, 1945-1950; Antero Holmila.- 8. Dire Strait? When the Holocaust Came to Sweden: A Regional Perspective, 1943-1945; Ulf Zander.- 9. Jews, Gender and the Scandinavian Subject in the film Vittnesbördet; Kristin Wagrell.- 10. The Holocaust and the Jewish Survivors in the Swedish Jewish Press, 1945-1955; Malin Thor Tureby.- 11. The Ethical Dimension of Memory: Swedish-Jewish Reactions to Justice and Retribution; Julia Sahström.- Conclusion; Hasia Diner.