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On October 13, commemorative events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Jewish population extermination of our city by the Nazi occupiers took place in Dnipro. The events were co-organized by the Jewish Community of Dnipro, Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”, “Tkuma” Institute.
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During October 07–10, the International conference “Limmud Ukraine” was held in Lviv. Liudmyla Kozina, deputy head on psychological and pedagogical work of “Tkuma” Institute and Dr. Igor Shchupak were invited to participate in a large-scale program as lecturers-presenters.
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On October 6, the program “Right to Power. Babyn Yar: they shot US here”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. Dr. Igor Shchupak was invited to discuss the history and memory of the Babyn Yar tragedy.
Read more: TV program “Right to power. Babyn Yar: they shot US here”
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On October 4, SOLEMN OPENING OF THE FINEL OF XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CREATIVE WORKS “LESSONS OF WAR AND HOLOCAUST — LESSONS OF TOLERANCE” (The Contest is organized by the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine, “Tkuma” Institute and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”) was held in Kyiv.
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On September 27, Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” hosted a Memorial Ceremony dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the extermination of Jews in Babyn Yar. The event was organized by “Tkuma” Institute, Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”, Nativ Israeli Cultural Center in Dnipro.
Representatives of local authorities and the diplomatic corps, educational institutions and national communities of the city took part in the memorial ceremony. The Chief Rabbi of Dnipro and Dniporpetrovsk region Shmuel Kaminetsky, the head of the affairs of Dnipro Jewish community Oleksandr Fridkis, the deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration Olha Horb spoke about the importance of honoring the memory of the victims of Babyn Yar and “Babyn Yars” of Ukraine, the need to learn the lessons of the past, as well as Permanent Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Donetsk/Dnipro office Peter Herr, Head of the NATO Representation in the Dnipro region, First Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine Mark Dovev, Dr. Igor Shchupak. The event was moderated by Dr. Yehor Vradii, deputy director for research work at “Tkuma” Institute and the Museum.
During the event, Dmytro Shostakovich’s 13th symphony was played, and students and schoolchildren read the memoirs of those who managed to survive the hell of the Holocaust with the background video of a unique chronicle from the place where Jews were shot. And also - penetrating lines from the poem of the Jewish poet Abraham of Silesia:
“Because he saw death with his own eyes,
Because the heart burns with vengeance,
Because sorry my heart aches,
Until the time when the Lord forgives everything.
I made a vow to remember life -
Not a crumb, so as not to be forgotten…”.
Remember.
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