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On January 27–29, an All-Ukrainian scientific and practical seminar for history teachers was held in Uzhhorod, dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The event was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies.
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On December 12, the Tkuma Institute, together with the Odessa Academy of Continuing Education of the Odessa Regional Council, held a pedagogical seminar for history teachers of the city and region (combined live and online). The seminar discussed topical issues of teaching history within the framework of the “New Ukrainian School” reform, the introduction of an integrated Ukrainian-centric history course, and the study of history in centers.
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On November 14–16, the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Seminar for History Teachers and Methodists was held in Rivne, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies. The event became a platform for discussing topical issues of reforming history education, as well as the issues of the Holocaust as an important component of national and world history.
The opening of the seminar was addressed by educators and scientists: Professor of the Department of Social Studies Education of the Lviv Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education Kostyantyn Bakhanov; Chief Specialist of the Directorate of School Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine Raisa Yevtushenko; Director of the Rivne Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education Dr. Alla Cherniy; Director of “Tkuma” Institute Dr. Igor Shchupak.
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On October 7, the 14th All-Ukrainian methodological seminar for educators “New Ukrainian school: learning / knowledge about the Holodomor and other genocides. School historical education during the Russian-Ukrainian war” was held on the basis of the Lviv Regional Institute of Postgraduate Education organized by the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine and HREC in Ukraine. Dr. Igor Shchupak was invited to participate in the event as a speaker.
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At the end of September, Ukraine remembers one of the most terrible tragedies of its own history of the 20th century – the beginning of executions in Babyn Yar on September 29-30, 1941. The first victims of Nazi terror were Kyiv Jews. The total extermination of the Jews was the main goal of the planned and large-scale genocide, which the authorities of Nazi Germany purposefully prepared and implemented from the very beginning of the German-Soviet war. Babyn Yar is one of the most famous symbols of the Holocaust outside of Ukraine. At the same time, this place is part of the memory of the crimes of destruction of other groups of “enemies of the New Order”: the mentally ill, Soviet prisoners of war, Roma, clergy.
For the first time during the Nazi rule in Ukraine, such a large number of people – almost 34 thousand people – were killed in one place in just two days. In the next two years of occupation, Babyn Yar turned into a place of death for almost 100,000 people.
As part of events dedicated to commemorating the victims of Nazi terror, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies together with the Museum of Genocide “Territory of Memory” (Odesa) held a one-day seminar for more than 70 history teachers and teachers of extracurricular education on September 26, Odesa.
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