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In the context of Russia's large-scale war against Ukraine, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies is trying to continue its activities online and work in different directions.
An online symposium for educators and teachers of the Holocaust history was launched on March 9 to reflect the tragedy through the prism of Nazi crime scenes. The program was initiated by Wolfgang Schmutz and Paul Salmons and organized by the Claims Conference.
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Ukrainian-Jewish relations, the memory of the Holocaust in Ukraine remain in the center of attention of the world community, in particular, in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. After all, among the messages of Russian-Putin propaganda, there are well-known false theses about the “domination of Nazi ideology” in Ukraine and the “Nazi nature” of the Ukrainian government in general. Therefore, online seminars, zoom meetings organized by “Tkuma” Institute with educators, scientists, public activists from different countries raised questions about the history of the Holocaust, and the present and Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
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The staff of “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine" sadly announce the irreparable loss: after a serious illness died Anna Shvydko – a prominent Ukrainian historian, teacher, great man. Without exaggeration, self-made woman.
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On January 27, Ceremony dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held in Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”. Zelig Brez director of the Dnipropetrovsk Jewish Community Charitable Foundation, Olga Gorb, deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Ihor Kochergin, doctor of historical sciences, head of the South-Eastern department of National Memory Policy Implementation of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, professor of the Dnipro University of Technology, Oleh Rostovtsev, director of the Charitable Foundation “Khesed Menakhem”, Dr. Igor Shchupak, spoke about the importance of memorializing the terrible events of the Holocaust, its lessons for the present.
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On December 22, the Historical webinar of “Tkuma” Institute and Orion Publishing House and the presentation of a new book by Yaroslav Hrytsak "OVERCOMING THE PAST: THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF UKRAINE" were held.