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On April 4, 2017 Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University hosted discussion “How to Write Your Own History for Neighbors”. The reason to conduct the discussion, organized by Polish Institute in Kyiv, was publication of the book “Poland. Outline of History”. The Polish side was represented by chief editor of the book and author of the chapter dedicated to recovery of Polish statehood in 1918 - 1939, Prof. Włodzimierz Mędrzecki (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences), co-chairman of the Polish-Ukrainian Commission for the improvement of school textbooks on history and geography and Prof. Piotr Kroll (Institute of History of the University of Warsaw), member of the Polish-Ukrainian Commission for the improvement of school textbooks on history and geography. Ukrainian side was represented by Prof. Leonid Zashkilniak, Head of Department of History of Central and Eastern Europe of Ivan Franko Lviv National University and Dr. Iegor Vradii, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies.
Read more: Polish and Ukrainian Discussion “How to Write Your Own History for Neighbors”
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On March 31, 2017 Dnipro City Council hosted All-Ukrainian Scholarly and Practical Conference “Park of Totalitarian Periods as a Tool for Dnipro Decommunisation”, organized by communal enterprises “Ethnographic Parks of Dnipro” and “Agency of Dnipro Development” of Dnipro City Council.
The main goal of the event was to form and improve the basic principles of construction of park of totalitarian period, its content, techniques and methods by which park and museum compositions have to be settled for overcoming the rudiments of the Soviet past and development of Ukrainian historical memory of Dnipro residents and guests.
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On March 27, 2017 “Menorah” Center art-gallery hosted grand opening of the 3rd All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Hebrew Language and Jewish Literature, organized in Dnipro by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, “Beit Chana” International Humanitarian Pedagogical Institute together with Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, Institute of Modernization of Education Content and other educational institutions.
Read more: Opening of All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Hebrew Language and Jewish Literature
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March 22, 2017 Dnipro was visited by Ernst Reichel, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine. During his visit the Ambassador met Shmuel Kaminezki, Chief Rabbi of Dnipro city and region and together with Wolfgang Mössinger, Consul General of Germany in Donetsk / Dnipro office, visited Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”. The guided tour was conducted by Dr. Iegor Vradii, head of the Holocaust Museum Research and Museum Department.
Read more: Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine Visited the Holocaust Museum
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On March 20, 2017 historians, museologists, multimedia specialists, artists and designers from Kyiv and Dnipro gathered to exchange ideas about the reconstruction of diorama “Battle for the Dnipro” and hall №7 dedicated to World War II of D. Yavornytsky Dnipro National Historical Museum. The session was moderated by Dr. Igor Shchupak, director of “Tkuma” Institute and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”.
Read more: Working Session on Diorama “Battle for the Dnipro” Reconstruction