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January 20, 2017 teachers, scholars, diplomats, statesmen took part in events dedicated to International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION “ELIE WIESEL”, organized in Kyiv by Limmud FSU, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine, Israeli Cultural Center, under the support of Joint and project “Holocaust Studies in Ukraine for Tolerant Society Formation” was attended by

- Yevhen Nyschuk, Minister of Culture of Ukraine,

- Yuri Kononenko, Director of Departments of general secondary and primary education  run by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 

- Eli Byelotserkovski, the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine,

- Shari Bistransky, Cultural Affairs Officer of Embassy of the United States in Ukraine,

- Chaim Chesler, founder and head of Limmud FSU program,

- Osik Akselrud, head of Limmud Ukraine program, director of Hillel,

- Gennady Polishchuk, director of Israeli Cultural Center,

- Angela Beljak, ASF (Germany) representative together with volunteers from Germany and Italy, and many others.

The first guided tour through the exhibition was held by Dr. Joel Rappel, director of Elie Wiesel Archive at Boston University (USA), and Prof. Dan Laor, head of the Center for Jewish Heritage (Israel).

Later PRESENTATION OF PUBLICATIONS RELEASED UNDER SUPPORT OF UJE (Canada), - “Babyn Yar: History and memory” and “Jews and Ukrainians: a millennium of co-existence” – was conducted. Natalya Feduschak and Vlad Hrynevych, one of the editors of the book “Babyn Yar” Prof. Vladyslav Hrynevych, co-authors Vitaly Nakhmanovych and Dr. Igor Shchupak joined the presentation.

“Tkuma” Institute started all-Ukrainian seminar “Historical narrative and the methods of oral history in teaching World War II and the Holocaust history”, conducted by Iryna Piskariova, “Tkuma” Institute Educational Programs Coordinator, and Dr. Denys Shatalov, Deputy Research Programs Coordinator.

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