Karin worked at Malmö Museum when the museum received refugees in 1945.
She has talked about the people who came, about individual fates and the happiness at being free.

During the war groups with anti-Nazi opinions were formed in Malmö.
One of them was called the Tuesday Club.
Karin became active in the club and was responsible for the secret list of the members’ phone numbers.

After the museum closed to receive the refugees Karin wrote up their medical records and helped them to acquire small, longed-for items such as mirrors and paper handkerchiefs.

She remembers the women best. How they were transformed from being emaciated and sick into people with hope for a normal life.

When the museum reopened in October 1945 life returned to normal. Karin worked at the museum until she retired. Even later in her life she spoke about how important it is to be open about xenophobia.

“Those of us who have personal memories of events at that time have a duty to talk about them
 as a warning about the thin ice of humanity that we are walking across. But the truth must not be a breeding ground
for hate and irreconcilability.”