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  • (Some paint Scandinavia black;) The Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy

    01/28/2007 3:42:15 PM PST · by WesternCulture · 21 replies · 906+ views
    www.thelocal.se ^ | 01/26/2007 | David Stavrou
    Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy On 27th January 1945, the Soviet Army liberated Auschwitz, an event commemorated around the world on Holocaust Memorial Day. David Stavrou looks at the complex legacy of the Holocaust in Sweden, where the battle to promote tolerance still rages. Chavka Folman-Raban is a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz who arrived in Sweden a few days before the end of the Second World War. Like many other survivors, she was liberated by the Red Cross and found refuge in Sweden. "I'm not sure I can describe with absolute certainty the transition from being a prisoner in a concentration...