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The venerable delegation from Israel has recently visited to Dnipro. Among the guests there were Shalom Norman, CEO Harry Oscar Triguboff Institute; Eyal Gover,Board Member of the Triguboff Foundation; Elazar Stern, member of the Knesset and head of Lobby of Religion and State, together with his wife Dorit Stern; Benny Lidsky, representative of Jewish Agency in Jerusalem. On June 16 the guests met chief Rabbi of Dnipro city and region Shmuel Kaminezki, talked with representatives of the Jewish community.

The guests also visited Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”. Guided tour though the Museum exhibition was conducted by Dr. Igor Shchupak. He spoke not only about the concept of the Holocaust Museum, but also presented the activities of the Museum and “Tkuma” Institute in the field of preserving the memory of the extermination of Jews during World War II. The guests, who were especially interested by the issues of Ukrainian-Jewish relations during the Holocaust, remained impressed with the level of the Holocaust Museum development and expressed their hopes for further cooperation.

We express sincere gratitude to Natalia Rier for organizing the visit!