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 REMEMBRANCE RELAY
Tkuma Center has traditionally
conducted the “Remembrance Relay” devoted to International Holocaust Day.
On January 15th,
2007 Tkuma Center has welcomed active participants of the programs to begin the
“Relay”. During the meeting the following issues have been considered:
- the modern
Holocaust perception in Europe and in the world,
- Catastrophe prevention
measures,
- authority and
public empowerment to resist fascism and nazism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia.
On January 18-26th, 2007 the special meetings of Tkuma
culturological clubs, devoted to the International Holocaust Day, have been
held in Ukrainian cities (Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Simferepol, Lviv, Kharkiv,
Zaporizhia). Due to Tkuma Center initiative specially trained teachers have arranged
focused activities in many Ukrainian schools.
 Tkuma Center keeps on receiving letters with favourable reviews as to
conducting “Remembrance Relay” in towns and villages of Ukraine.
On January 28th, 2007 the most active participants from all
over Ukraine (about 50 teachers and heads of clubs) met at first session of V
International pedagogical conference “Lessons of Holocaust – Lessons of
Tolerance”, devoted to the International Holocaust Day. The Conference hosted
the members of Tkuma All-Ukrainian Academic Board, heads of departments of the
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, key education specialists, who
experienced in researching Holocaust issues in schools and higher educational
institutes in Ukraine and abroad.
Greeting speeches were also addressed to the Conference participants by the
representatives of Embassy, “Joint” Central office in Kyiv, leading education specialists
of Academy of Pedagogical Sciences and Ministry of Education of Ukraine,
scholars and public figures.
In the framework of the Conference the regular meeting of Tkuma
All-Ukrainian Academic Board has been held. During the Academic Board meeting the
current tasks and Tkuma Center agenda for 2007-2008 have been considered.
 Sessions on Holocaust teaching history and methodology are based on the experience
of lecturing and conducting lessons on International Holocaust Day. The subject
“Psychology of captivity” has stirred up genuine participants’ interest. Mikhail
Moiseev, the facilitator of the workshop, focused participants’ attention on
camp prisoner’ psychological peculiarities, their resistance methods, featuring
the Nazi methods of psychological pressure on them.
The Conference participants were lucky to review the latest documentary
“Proboszcz Majdanka” produced by Grzegorz Linkowski. Holocaust History
researcher from Lviv Julij Stenberg, who is one of the film characters, has
given the annotation before the documentary reviewing.
The Conference participants jointly with students of Kyiv schools and higher
educational institutes have taken part in the remembrance meeting and
ceremonial flowers laying in Babiy Yar.
On February 5th, 2007 Tkuma Center has gathered students from
various Dnipropetrovsk schools to debate on of interethnic and
interconfessional tolerance issues. During the meeting the participants have
been considering the possibilities of citizens to influence the political state
under totalitarian regime etc. The students’ meeting has been the final stage
of the “Remembrance Relay” event.
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