Alongside more comprehensive projects on themes such as the role of bystanders or the history of Eugenics we also work with projects of a more experimental nature. One such project is the “The Story of… Project”. A group of Holocaust survivors and a group of young people work together under the guidance of professional narrators to formulate stories based on authentic memories. The journey has largely had the goal of: What happens in the meeting? What happens to memory. What happens with the stories? One aim has been to find out whether it is possible for such oral story telling to live on when there are no longer any survivors still alive. This proved to be possible.
The Living History Forum works with a variety of themes in parallel. The primary source of reference for our themes is the Holocaust. This approach also exposes us to other serious forms of persecution and mass violence such as crimes against human rights under communist regimes.
There is always an ongoing exhibition in our premises that is visited by many school groups. When exhibitions leave our premises they generally go on tour all over the country. Such was the case with the Anne Frank exhibition, which was done in collaboration with the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam, and the Sweden and the Holocaust exhibition.
Our current exhibition, (In)Human, deals with race biology, racial hygiene, and Swedish connections to this during early 20th century. In addition to the exhibition we will produce learning materials and introduce a film project for schools.
