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During November 3-6, 2016 Lviv hosted “Limmud” International Conference. For more than 30 years the annual conferences are held around the world gathering from few hundred to a thousand of participants. In 2008 Limmud was for the first time held in Ukraine.
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On October 2, 2016 Panel Discussion “Holocaust Remembrance and Public Memorials: the Complexities and Challenges of Facing the Past” was held at UNO Headquarters (New York). Leading Holocaust researchers and scholars from Brazil, Ukraine, Japan, Israel, the USA and South Africa discussed issues of relationship between the memory of the Holocaust, public memory and education in their countries, focusing on educational programs for youth. Dr. Igor Shchupak, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” Director, was invited to make a speech at the event.
Read more: Discussion dedicated to the Holocaust at UNO Headquarters
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During October 25–30, 2016 Dr. Igor Shchupak, “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum Director, conducted lectures and presentations on Jewish and Holocaust history in Toronto. The events were organized in cooperation with Jewish and Ukrainian NGOs of Canada.
Read more: Lectures and Presentations on Holocaust in Canada
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On October 23, 2016 historian Dr. Yuriy Mytrofanenko donated flag, which is a historical relic to Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”. Yevhen Sushkov from Kropyvnytsky, graduate of the Faculty of History, ATO volunteer, who served in the 5th squadron of the 79th brigade, gave this received this flag from volunteers from Huliaipole (Zaporizhzhya region) and gave it to historian. Flag hung on the wall of Donetsk airport terminal and will be part of our Museum new exhibition dedicated to the Revolution of dignity, ATO and Russian aggression against Ukraine.
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On October 21 – 23, 2016 Zaporizhzhya hosted book fair, literary festival, the festival of children’s art and a number of other events, combined within multiformat “Zaporizhzhya Book Toloka”. “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies became the participant and presented its editions on World War II and the Holocaust history.