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On May 5, 2016 we observe Yom HaShoah, which is the Day of Catastrophe and Heroism of European Jewry. In memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” hosted memorial ceremony. Members of Dnipropetrovsk Jewish Community became the participants of the event. During the ceremony Dilfuza Hlushchenko, the Holocaust Museum Head of Research Department,stressed the need and importance to remember the victims of Nazi policy of “final solution of the Jewish question”, adding that 1.5 million children became the victims of the genocide.
In memory of the 6 million Jews killed symbolic candles 6 were lighted. The ceremony ended with a moment of silence.
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On April 27, 2016 within the framework of the project “Historians Museum Platform” the National Museum of history of Ukraine hosted the lecture by Dr. Igor Shchupak, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” Director, author of Ukrainian History and World History textbooks, entitled “Ukrainian Vision of the 20th c.: the Experience of Textbook Creation”.
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On April 29, 2016 Uzhgorod National University hosted Methodological Seminar “Roma Studies”. Among the participants of the seminar there were professors of Ukrainian universities, research fellows, and public figures. Dilfuza Hlushchenko and Maryna Strilchuk, “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum Research Associates, were invited to participate in the event.
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On April 20, 2016 the Ukrainian House (Kyiv) hosted Forum “The Armenian Genocide: Crime Against Humanity” dedicated to the 101 anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The event was organized by the Embassy of Armenia in Ukraine and Armenian Community of Ukraine.
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During April 14–15, 2016 Dr Iegor Vradiy, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies Research Associate, participated in the work of the commission, created by Svitlovodsk District State Administration. The aim of the commission was to: 1) examine of the degree of preservation of Jewish and Polish cemeteries in Nahirne village of Svitlovodsk district (two of the five cemeteries of Novoheorhiyevsk were flooded by Kremenchuk HES in 1957–1962); 2) consider the recognition of cemeteries as objects of cultural heritage and prepare all the relevant documents; 3) discuss the possibility of preservation of cemeteries.