On April 26, 2018 Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” was visited by delegation of Crimean Tatar movement leaders including Mustafa Dzhemilev, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Affairs of Crimean Tatars; Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people; Aider Rustemov, Mufti of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Crimea (in mainland). The guided tour for the guests was conducted by Dr. Iegor Vradii, Head of the Research and Museum Department.
During the guided tour, the guests, together with representatives of the Jewish community, laid flowers to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.
Special attention was paid to the first permanent exhibition in Ukraine devoted to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and other peoples of the Crimea in 1944.
The guests noted the high quality of work of the Holocaust Museum and “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies in preserving the memory of the terrible tragedies of the twentieth century, as well as educational work aimed at strengthening the atmosphere of tolerance and respect for human values.
