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On May 14, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians who rescued Jews during World War II. The memorial date was established by the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine dated February 2, 2021, as a sign of respect for the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations and other saviors of the Jews, for their compassion and solidarity.
Today, Ukraine ranks fourth in the world in terms of the number of such heroes. As of January 1, 2022, 2,691 people of various ethnic origins who rescued Jews during the Holocaust and lived in the territory of modern Ukraine were honored with this award.
The video recording of the speech of the director of “Tkuma” Institute, Dr. Igor Shchupak, in the program of Vitaliy Dribnytsia, a well-known blogger and historian, the founder of the “Vox Veritatis” and “Historian every Saturday” programs, is devoted to this topic.
We invite you to watch the video on the Youtube channel of “Tkuma” Institute!
http://tkuma.dp.ua/en/the-latest-news/news?start=10#sigProIdb3ab4009e5
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On April 16-17, the international workshop “War and the historian's view. How life during a disaster shapes our understanding of the past” was held in Dnipro. Its purpose was to bring together historians and anthropologists to discuss the impact of the experience of war on us as professionals, our professional community, and our understanding of the past. After all, the modern Russian-Ukrainian war has become the largest conflict in Europe since the end of World War II, and Ukrainian researchers have found themselves in different roles – soldiers on the front lines, bystanders, and refugees. However, regardless of the specific role, experiencing and observing war affects researchers, particularly historians, as professionals.
A new issue of the specialized academic journal “Holocaust Studies: A Ukrainian Focus” was published
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Dear colleagues! We are pleased to announce that the new edition of the international refereed yearbook “Holocaust Studies: A Ukrainian Focus” (№15) already published and available for review on the publication's website. The current issue is intended for researchers, teachers of history and humanities, graduate students, doctoral students, students and anyone interested in Holocaust research and the study of the Shoah in the context of other genocides and the history of World War II.
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On March 16, as part of the “Saturday Historian” project, which was initiated by the historian and textbook author Vitaly Dribnytsia on his YouTube channel “VOX VERITATIS”, an online meeting with Dr. Igor Shchupak took place. The topic of conversation was the memory of World War II and the modern Russian-Ukrainian war.
During the online event, historians talked about the distorted memory of the war and the quasi-religion “The Great Patriotic War”; about history textbooks and the “Ukrainian vision” of world history in them; about why the current Russian-Ukrainian war is part of the Third World War. The speakers and educational projects of “Tkuma” Institute were not overlooked, in particular, the international interreligious seminar “Ark” for Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish and Crimean Tatar youth.
“I didn't have time to say everything in the dialogue with Vitaly, but I will add the most important thing: the study and teaching of history is possible for me not only thanks to archives and expeditions, but also thanks to cooperation with my fellow scientists and a wonderful team of like-minded people – co-authors of history textbooks at “Orion” Publishing House and other colleagues and friends,” emphasized Dr. Shchupak.
The video recording of the broadcast of the program you can watch by the link.
http://tkuma.dp.ua/en/the-latest-news/news?start=10#sigProId3da55d2008
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On January 23-25, “Tkuma” Institute, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, held an All-Ukrainian scientific and practical seminar for history teachers in Lviv, dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The lessons of World War II help to understand the essence of Russia's current aggression against Ukraine; and the “classic” example of genocide – the Holocaust – provides a methodological basis for understanding the modern genocide against the Ukrainian people.