Judiska minnen
- Jewish memories
Extent and Medium
More than 400 life stories and interviews on cassette tapes and videos, photographs and original documents. The documents include diaries and collections of letters, and approximately 1,600 photographs.
Biographical History
The Jewish memories project ran from 1994-1998 at the Nordiska museet and resulted in a rich and comprehensive collection of Jewish life in the 20th century.
Archival History
The collection was conducted in 1994--1998 as a project at Nordiska museet during and after the Second World War. The collection also includes material from the sub-projects Jewish Service and Nursing Home, Second Generation, Café 84, and the Senior Project.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of over 400 life stories and interviews on cassette tapes and videos, photographs and original documents. The documents include diaries and collections of letters; the approximately 1,600 photographs come from the participants' own family albums. Some of the material depicts Jewish life in various villages and cities in Europe, cultures that were completely wiped out during the Holocaust.
Conditions Governing Access
The transcribed memories are available for research but subject to the permission of the Archives Director.
Finding Aids
An index with anonymized summaries of the memories is available in the research office.
Sources
Johansson, Britta (ed.) Judiska Minnen: Berättelser Från Förintelsen. Stockholm: Nordiska museet, 2000.
Nylund Skog, Susanne. Livets vägar. Svenska judinnors berättelser om förskingring, förintelse, förtryck och frihet. Uppsala, 2012.
SOU 2020. Sveriges museum om Förintelsen. Betänkande av Utredningen om ett museum om Förintelsen. Stockholm: Regeringskansliet, 2020: 21, p. 267.
Thor Tureby, Malin & Wagrell, Kristin. 2020. Vittnesmål från Förintelsen och de överlevandes berättelser. Definitioner, insamlingar och användningar, 1939–2020. Stockholm: Forum för levande historia, pp. 41–42.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0