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On January 26–27, All-Ukrainian scientific-pedagogical seminar devoted to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day was conducted in Dnipro. “Tkuma ”Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, Museum« Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine organized the educational event, where participated almost 30 teachers from all over Ukraine.

Dr. Igor Shchupak, Iryna Piskariova, coordinator of “Tkuma” Institute Educational Programs, Tetiana Remekh, candidate of pedagogical sciences, head of social science education department of the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), had welcomed speeches at the event opening and wished participants a fruitful and inspiring work during two days of an educational seminar. During the first day of the seminar rich and interesting program waited for Ukrainian teachers: Dr. Denys Shatalov, head of the museum department of Museum «Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine» conducted a lecture-presentation, devoted to the peculiarities of working with historical sources on the Holocaust; Dr. Igor Shchupak held an interactive lesson, and told about Ukrainians – Righteous among the Nations and Jews rescuers which is a broader expression. The particular attention was paid to the topic of the Holocaust reflection in historical science and history in educational institutions of Ukraine, presenting the latest author's history books for school students. Dr. Tetiana Remekh organized an interesting practical lecture devoted to the methods of teachers work with sources during the teaching of historical and civic education high school students. Participants of the seminar had the possibility to try themselves as students and try to ask "correct" questions for one or another topic.

The educational day was finished with guided tour at the Museum «Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine», conducted by Dr. Shatalov.

The next day different forms of work such as practical lecture on working with museum funds (held by Liudmyla Sandul, the main keeper of the Holocaust Museum funds); open discussion «World War II and the Holocaust history teaching in Ukraine in general education institutions» and presentation of own pedagogical developments in Holocaust teaching during lessons of history; participation in the commemorative events devoted the International Holocaust Remembrance Day waited for the participants. At the end of the seminar, the participants received official certificates.

Here we would like to offer a few reviews:

Andrii Mahaletskyi:

«The Holocaust history study helps to understand the tragedy of World War II, which connects different peoples. Understanding, not just exploring World War II and the Holocaust, must to show students the inability to repeat this tragedy in the future. This seminar has significantly expanded the practical skills of working with documents and various sources. The deep learning of those events will help to understand the phenomena that have taken place, not only to study the materials».

Kateryna Pavlushenko:

«During the seminar, I learned new methods of working with sources in teaching history, learned a lot of new information on the Holocaust history. The history of the Jews destruction during the war is part of Ukrainian history; in the process of learning, students must to understand that such tragedies do not happen by accident, and they can be warned. This topic is forming a common human values and a sense of empathy».

Liliya Avdimirets

«The seminar was very cognitive: I was particularly interested in the question of the controversy of the sources and the methods of its analysis and processing, because the work with documents and sources is the most effective means of teaching the Holocaust and World War II history. Memory is the way to a future life in a multicultural society. «History repeats, because nobody listens to it» - so we should to listen and remember».

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