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On June 2, Joel Lion, extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the State of Israel in Ukraine visited Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” within the frameworks of his several-day visit to Dnipro. Dr. Igor Shchupak conducted a guided tour at the Museum.
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On May 31, official Righteous among the Nations Award Ceremony – people who risking their own lives and the lives of their relatives rescued the Jews during World War II was held at Dniprovska city council. Solemn event with participation of authorities and public of the city representatives, Jewish community, media representatives was organized by the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine. Staff of “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies” and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” were invited and took participation in the ceremony.
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On May 30, a group of educators and public figures from Germany headed by Andreal Barthel, who once worked as a volunteer at “Tkuma” Institute visited Institute and the Holocaust Museum. German activists have already visited Kyiv, Babyn Yar in particular, and now they came to Dnipro. Radio-media pedagogy and gathering evidence of the Holocaust and Holodomor in Ukraine the main area of their activity, because these topics, like other plots of Ukrainian history, are still almost unknown to the general public of Germany, in particular for young people. Therefore, the purpose of the future educational project, which was initiated by Andreas with his colleagues, is the development of youth exchanges in Ukraine and Germany, which will be an impetus for interethnic dialogue and will allow expanding young people's knowledge of the both countries history, especially about the tragic pages of the 20th century.
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On May 28, Serhii Levchenko – the son of Natalia Levchenko, Righteous among the Nations, Novomoskovsk natives, who during the Nazi occupation rescued from the death the Jew Leonid Golverk visited «Tkuma» Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies.
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On May 27, Galina Ackerman, famous French writer, historian, columnist of «Politique Internationale» magazine and Rotary Club came to Dnipro at the invitation of Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration. Together with Olena Pavlowska, Rotary Club representative and Mykhail Kyslov, publisher (“Gerda” Publishing House) Dr. Igor Shchupak met Mrs. Galina. The writer visited “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum, which impressed her a lot; saw the “Menorah” Center and met with Shmuel Kaminetzki, chief rabbi of Dnipro and the region, chair of the Council of Rabbis of Ukraine.
Read more: Galina Ackerman, French writer visited “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum