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January 24, 2018 opening of the exhibition “Righteous Among the Nations – Rescuers and Holocaust Survivors” was held within the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium). Organizers – the European Network of Memory and Solidarity; POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews; the Silent Heroes Memorial Center at the German Resistance Memorial Center. The exhibition, which tells Holocaust survivors from the nine European countries and their rescuers, will be open from January 24 to March 5. Dr. Igor Shchupak, Director of “Tkuma” Institute and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” was invited to participate in the official opening.

Project partners: Mémorial de la Shoah; Danish Jewish Museum; Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” (Dnipro) and other educational institutions. The scholars of the Holocaust Museum and “Tkuma” Institute Dr. Igor Shchupak, Dr. Denys Shatalov, Dr. Iegor Vradii became the creators of the unit dedicated to the Ukrainian rescuers of the Jews during the Holocaust.

“I had the honor to present our part of the exposition in Brussels – noted Dr. Shchupak. – Negotiations with colleagues from the European Commission and European countries will allow our Museum and “Tkuma” Institute to develop new international projects”.