Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities — Attraction in Oslo

At the time we were in the museum, there were three exhibitions. As foreigners we got tablets with information in different languages (not including czech;)) however, it was really hard to get oriented. I think just some parts of the exhibitions were translated. Somethimes it looked like there is plenty of detailed information in norwegian language and then just some super basic info in english, telling, for instance, what antisemitism means.. I was said 45 mins we had was enaugh when you arent somehow reeeeally into the topic. Well, I am somewhere in the middle, interested, but not willing to spend hours in museums. I did manage to get the idea of the first exhibition, however, absolutely didn't see the other two, and I even didnt read all the text from the tablet. And, as mentioned before, mostly I got superbasic information (also influenced with my level of english, + zero level of norwegian..) the interesting facts werent mostly translated. I was quite disappointed. However, the fee you pay (70nok) is good for norway, the locarion is nice too and I believe if I spoke norwegian, I would be able to...

Really informative visit! I thought I knew basically everything about the holocaust .. I was wrong. Though I have visit Auschwitz & Birkenau, Anne Franks’ house in Amsterdam and the documentary centers in both Berlin & Nürnberg I learned something knew. This center is mostly about how Norway was affected by the occupation and also how the extreme thoughts develop through the community in Norway. The conditions for the jews in Norway , all of this gave me a much bigger understanding about this historical event.

It’s important to understand and know our history!

I would really recommend this place BUT I am not sure how good the translation is. All text are in Norwegian but they had devices as translation tools. I did not use it, I’m from Sweden and could understand the most part of the text. At least the context ... but yeah I strongly recommend this place based on the important information.

Also a fun fact, the traitor Qvisling lived in the same house as...

This museum is a little out of the way of the other museums in the area but worth the detour. It's located at the top of a long driveway from the road, but the walk up to it seems appropriately to add to the sombre, reflective nature of the place. Inside, the galleries have photos, videos, and some historical items on display, laid out following a timeline of events of the Holocaust. Much of the information is, understandably, presented in Norwegian. While the center does provide a tablet info guide that has some information in other languages, it doesn't have all the information that's presented with the displays and it was often difficult to find the appropriate number on the displays to coincide with the tablet listings.

The second portion of the museum on minority studies and ongoing racism in Norway is presented in multiple languages. It's nicely laid out with interactive displays and videos, and is very informative without being...