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“Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies continues seminars with Ukrainian educators. It is clear that under the conditions of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, educational work takes place mostly online.
Scientists and educators who have found themselves in different parts of Ukraine and the world take part in online conferences and zoom meetings. However, the work does not stop, which is especially important in the face of the challenges of modern war, which is part of the struggle to preserve the true historical memory.
Staff of “Tkuma” Institute also take an active part in all-Ukrainian educational forums and meetings. One of such important events on April 22, was a meeting of the Working Group of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to improve existing state history curricula. The meeting was initiated by Raisa Yevtushenko, Chief Specialist of the Department of General Secondary and Preschool Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and Liudmyla Hrynevych, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Ukrainian History, Director of the Ukrainian Holocaust Research and Education Center (HREC in Ukraine).
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In the context of Russia's large-scale war against Ukraine, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies is trying to continue its activities online and work in different directions.
An online symposium for educators and teachers of the Holocaust history was launched on March 9 to reflect the tragedy through the prism of Nazi crime scenes. The program was initiated by Wolfgang Schmutz and Paul Salmons and organized by the Claims Conference.
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Ukrainian-Jewish relations, the memory of the Holocaust in Ukraine remain in the center of attention of the world community, in particular, in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. After all, among the messages of Russian-Putin propaganda, there are well-known false theses about the “domination of Nazi ideology” in Ukraine and the “Nazi nature” of the Ukrainian government in general. Therefore, online seminars, zoom meetings organized by “Tkuma” Institute with educators, scientists, public activists from different countries raised questions about the history of the Holocaust, and the present and Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
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The staff of “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine" sadly announce the irreparable loss: after a serious illness died Anna Shvydko – a prominent Ukrainian historian, teacher, great man. Without exaggeration, self-made woman.
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On January 27, Ceremony dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held in Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”. Zelig Brez director of the Dnipropetrovsk Jewish Community Charitable Foundation, Olga Gorb, deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Ihor Kochergin, doctor of historical sciences, head of the South-Eastern department of National Memory Policy Implementation of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, professor of the Dnipro University of Technology, Oleh Rostovtsev, director of the Charitable Foundation “Khesed Menakhem”, Dr. Igor Shchupak, spoke about the importance of memorializing the terrible events of the Holocaust, its lessons for the present.
Read more: Ceremony dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day