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August 27, 2017 top level diplomats, representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany, led by Ambassador Dr. Peter Schoof visited Dnipro city and also “Menorah” Center and got acquainted with the various programs of cooperation of the Jewish institutions of the city and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Read more: Top Level Officials from Germany Have Visited “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum
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On August 23, 2017 during a working trip Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Lilia Hrynevych has visited Dnipro. The Minister took part in August Conference of pedagogical workers of Dnipro region, which was held in cultural and business center “Menorah”.
The conference was opened with welcoming speeches by Kamil Primakov, Deputy Head of Dnipro Regional State Administration; Oleksii Poltoratskyi, Director of the Department of Education and Science of Dnipro RSA; Dr. Iegor Vradii, Head of Research and Museum Department of “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies.
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In August 08, 2017 “Tkuma” Institute and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” was visited by Martin Hagstrom, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Ukraine. Guided tour for guest was conducted by Dr. Igor Shchupak.
Read more: The Holocaust Museum Visited by Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine
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On August 6, 2017 Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” welcomed the exhibition “Genocide Against Roma – Remember to Resist”, created by German organization Bildungswerk für Friedensarbeit. The exhibition is devoted to the fate of Romanian Roma who were deported to Transnistria (the Romanian occupation zone between the Dniester and Bug) during the Second World War. About half of the deportees died as a result of extremely difficult living conditions. To remind of this almost forgotten genocide, in spring 2016 young Roma and youth of other nationalities from Ukraine, Romania, Moldova and Germany started special trip. Between Bucharest and Bug, they met survivors, witnesses of deportations, and visited places of Roma internment. As the result if these meeting the exhibition has been created.
Read more: Opening of the Exhibition “Genocide Against Roma – Remember to Resist”
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On July 16, 2017 International Inter-Religious Youth Seminar “The Ark-2017” was opened for Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish and Crimean Tatar youth. Traditionally the seminar is held at Holy Assumption Univ Lavra (Lviv region) and traditionally it is organized by General Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Lviv, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, Ukrainian Catholic University, NGO “Crimea-SOS”, H. Khotkevych City Palace of Culture.
Read more: Univ Welcomed XII International Inter-Religious Youth Seminar “The Ark-2017”