Utrikesdepartementet

• HP 39 The war of the Great Powers (World War II), 1939–1945

• Riksarkivet
• HP 39 Stormaktskriget 1939–1945
• English
• 1939-1952
• 202 archival volumes
• Updated 2 weeks ago

The collection consists of 202 archival volumes of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs records concerning World War II, like the development of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, restricted waters and other areas, mines and shipping obstacles in the Baltic Sea and other waters adjacent to Sweden, ceasefire and peace negotiations, foreign trade during the war, issues concerning Swedish volunteers, and much more. Among these records are also documents relating to the persecution of the Jews and the Holocaust. For instance, the series called D Humanitär hjälpverksamhet (Human...

• The Jewish Question. General. Refugee aid.

• Riksarkivet
• Judefrågan. Allmänt. Hjälp åt flyktingar.
• English
• 1933-1952
• 8 folders of textual records.
• Updated 1 month ago

The collection was created by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consists of documents (originals, and contemporary copies and transcripts) connected to the situation for the Jews in Europe during the Nazi era and the immediate post-war years. It includes reports from Swedish diplomats in countries about the policies on Jewish refugees of different countries, and also reports from countries under Nazi rule about the situation for the Jewish population, as well as newspaper clippings on the same subjects. Some of the Swedish diplomatic correspondence includes antisemitic statements ...