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Mute audio The murder, persecution and terrible suffering of the Jewish people, Roma and millions of other victims of the Nazis has left an indelible scar across Europe. Although the killing did not take place on Swedish soil, Sweden both influenced and was influenced by what happened. The Holocaust is also part of Sweden s history, they said in an op-ed in Wednesday s edition of Stockholm daily Dagens Nyheter.
The proposal for a Swedish museum about the Holocaust was made in 2018 by Polish-born Holocaust survivor Max Safir, who for several years gave talks in schools and parliament about his war-time experiences. He died in June.
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The unprecedented character of the Holocaust will always hold universal meaning. It was a critical historical event – not only for the millions who were persecuted and murdered, but also for the post-war view of humanism and ethics. The murder, persecution and terrible suffering of the Jewish people, Roma and millions of other victims of the Nazis has left an indelible scar across Europe. Although the killing did not take place on Swedish soil, Sweden both influenced and was influenced by what happened. The Holocaust is also part of Sweden’s history.
As a society, we have an obligation to promote education, remembrance and research on the genocide committed by the Nazis and their allies so that new generations will be able to learn from history.