by and including Kari Melhuus Jenssen The Holocaust is well portrayed through documentaries, books and films, but what happened to those Jews who returned home? And what is a home when you have neither family nor a house to return to? When the war was over, the Jewish population in Norway was halved. The few Jews who returned, either from captivity or flight, now stood on bare ground. Both assets and property had been taken from them during the war, and they did not get this back after liberation. Still, it was a relief to come home, but at the same time there was a strong despair over everyone who was gone. Many Jews had a desire to rebuild the Jewish community in Norway, although anti-Semitism could also appear after liberation. Certain Jews became strongly involved in the reconstruction of the country after the war, and used such activity to distance themselves from the memories of the atrocities. Other Jews had difficulty distancing themselves from the inhumanity they had recalled. Common for most Jews after the liberation, was the silence about what had been experienced