Abstract

This article aims to give an overview of Jewish archives and archival sources in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Besides describing significant existing collections, the article looks into ongoing archival projects, digitizing and infrastructure programs, and maps out future challenges.

Highlights

  • At 2 o’clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 22 October 1944, a meeting took place at the home of Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis in Stockholm

  • This article aims to give an overview of Jewish archives and archival sources in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

  • The main question for the meeting to discuss was whether the Nordic countries should join the World Jewish Congress (WJC), and in that case, should they do so as one Nordic section or separately?

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Summary

The current state of affairs and future prospects

Sofie Lene Bak, Vibeke Kieding Banik, Bjarke Følner, Simo Muir, Dóra Pataricza and Pontus Rudberg. Besides describing significant existing collections, the article looks into ongoing archival projects and digitising and infrastructure programmes, and maps out future challenges

Introduction
The archive of the Jewish Community
The collection of the Danish Jewish Museum
Relevant sources in other archives
The Second World War and the Holocaust
Sources on conceptions of Jews and antisemitism in Denmark
Jewish collection in the National Archives
Jewish sources in the National Library of Finland
Digitisation and infrastructures
Other archives
Ongoing archival projects
State archives
Sources for the history of the Holocaust and antisemitism in Sweden
Recent and ongoing archival projects
Access and data protection
Acquisition of new collections
More digitising needed
Archives and data collections
Literature
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