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On May 14, Ukraine commemorated the Day of Ukrainians who rescued Jews during World War II. The phenomenon of rescue during the Holocaust is one of the important aspects of the history of survival during the Nazi genocide. By studying the actions of the Rescuers and Righteous Among the Nations of the world, we simultaneously have the opportunity to look at a number of different issues: the context of pre-war relations between the Rescuers and victims of Nazi persecution, the peculiarities of the influence of specific circumstances of the occupation regime in various zones of the territories where the so-called “New Order” was established, on the dynamics of mass murder and, accordingly, survival strategies, etc.
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On April 30, the annual All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference “Zaporizhzhia Jewish Readings – 2026” was held in a hybrid format at the Faculty of History and International Relations of Zaporizhzhia National University. The co-organizers of the traditional scientific forum were “Tkuma” Institute, ZNU, and Y. Novytsky Zaporizhzhia Scientific Society with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
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On April 19, Dr. Igor Shchupak took part in the VI All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Internet Conference “Professional Position: Opinions, Arguments, Facts”, which was held at the Vasyl Sukhomlynsky Kirovohrad Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education with the participation of “Tkuma” Institute and other scientific and educational institutions.
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On February 24, a historical webinar “The Famine of 1946–1947 in Ukraine in the Context of Soviet Famine Policy” was held, organized by “Tkuma” Institute together with the “Orion” Publishing House.
The speakers of the webinar were Ukrainian historians: Dr. Yehor Vradii, Dr. Igor Shchupak and Prof. Stanislav Kulchytskyi – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Acting Chief Researcher of the Department of History of Ukraine of the 20s–30s of the 20th Century of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the NAS of Ukraine, author of several thousand scientific and journalistic works, dozens of monographs and school textbooks on history.
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A regional webinar for history and civic education teachers from Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions was held on February 24. The event, organized by “Tkuma” Institute and the “Orion” Publishing House, was dedicated to discussing the role of history textbooks for grade 9 within the framework of the New Ukrainian School reform as an important tool for forming students' competencies, their practical value, and opportunities for integration with other educational components.
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