On 20 April 1933, a couple of months after Hitler had taken power in Germany, Nerman stood up in the Swedish parliament and demanded that Sweden should grant asylum for all German Jews who would like to come.
1933年4月20日，希特勒在德国掌权后的几个月，尼曼在瑞典议会中要求瑞典应该为所有想来瑞典的德国犹太人提供庇护。