MedborgarskapskursenGlossary · Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history
Förintelsen
Swedish word. In English: the Holocaust
The Nazis' murder of about 6 million Jews in Europe.
Facts about the word
- During the Holocaust the Nazis murdered about 6 million Jews in Europe. Sweden then changed the way it acted during the war. Sverige i fokus s. 35
- In the 1930s and during the first years of the war Sweden had a harsh policy that made it difficult for Jews to move to the country. That is why very few Jews could flee to Sweden then. Sverige i fokus s. 35
- Towards the end of the war the policy changed. About 7,000 Danish Jews fled to Sweden with the help of a Danish-Swedish rescue operation. Sverige i fokus s. 35
Page references are to UHR's study material Sverige i fokus.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
The Holocaust was the Nazis' murder of about 6 million Jews. The rescue operation was a way of helping Jews, and the Holocaust was not an agreement.
The word belongs to Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.