Landskrona plans a museum branch about the Jews' escape

The Jewish refugees were housed in schools and the teaching was moved to parks. Now a museum branch is being planned in Landskrona citadel about the city's commitment to the thousands of Jews who came there during and after World War II.

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In total, 22,000 Danish Jews were accommodated in Landskrona between 1943 and 1954, according to Torkild Strandberg (L), the chairman of the municipal council.

"This part of our history risks being forgotten if we don't pass it on", he says in a press release.

Landskrona wanted to host Sweden's new museum about the Holocaust. The new museum ended up in Stockholm, but in Landskrona, interest was sparked to create a museum of its own about the reception of Jewish refugees from Denmark on Ven and in Landskrona. In 1945, refugees from the White Buses were also temporarily housed in the municipality's schools, which meant that school education was moved out to parks and greenhouses.

An important purpose of the new museum branch is that it should reach out to young people, according to Anna Hansen, head of the cultural administration in Landskrona municipality.

The municipal council is expected to make a decision on the branch on September 12.

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