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 “TKUMA HOLOCAUST LIBRARY” PRESENTATION IN MOSCOW
On October 18th the “Holocaust” Russian
Research and Educational Center has organized the meeting of public and
representatives of intelligentsia in Andrey Sakharov Moscow Center. The participants
have visited the unique exhibition devoted to Raul Wallenberg, who rescued thousands
of Jewish Hungarians during WWII and died in Stalin’s prison after the Budapest
liberation by the Soviet Union forces.
At he session conducted by Alla Gelber (human rights advocate and
writer, member of Russian Federation Public Chamber, Chairman of “Holocaust”
Russian Center) have been introduced
the new books on Holocaust issues.
Co-chairman of “Holocaust” Russian Center Dr. Ilya Altman has presented the
unique collection of Jews’ letters and diaries of Great Patriotic War period “Save
my letters…” (authors - I. Altman and L. Terushkin).
Director of Tkuma All-Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies Dr.
Igor Shchupak has presented the new release of
“Tkuma Holocaust Library” – the monograph of Dr. Yitzhak Arad “Jewish
Catastrophe on the occupied territories of the Soviet Union (1941-1945)”, which
has been translated from Hebrew for the first time. The monograph has been
published by Tkuma Center jointly with “Holocaust”. Russian Center. The tremendous
and fundamental work consists of rich historical materials, embracing the
period from the beginning of XX century and events on the eve of WWII till
Holocaust consequences. The author paid attention not only to the peculiarities
of Nazi mass-killing mechanism functioning, but also to the Holocaust
resistance, Jewish fighting for survival, and participation of Jews in partisan
struggle. The author mentions with pleasant and kind words the Righteous among the Nations, who rescued Jewish people, risking their own lives.
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