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On November 30, 2016 at I. Mechnikov Dnipro Regional Clinical Hospital, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, handed out Martyr Blessed Omelian Kovch Reward for the personal example of sacrifice and humanism to benefactors, volunteers, doctors, army men and public figures. For the sixth time this reward is given by the Committee for Commemoration of theMartyr Blessed OmelianKovch.
Read more: Martyr Blessed Omelian Kovch Reward Presented in Dnipro
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November 26 is the Holodomor Remembrance Day.
The Holodomor of 1932–1933 led to the loss of millions of lives and became the result of collectivization of agriculture, grain procurement and other manifestations of Stalinist economic policy in Ukraine. If collective farms of entire villages were not able to fulfill the plan for grain requisitions, they were put to “the black list”. That meant that industrial products would no longer be imported to these territories. According to various estimates, from 3 to 7 million Ukrainian became the victim of the Holodomor, which was over 80% of victims, among whom there also were Russians, Poles, Jews, Germans and representatives of other ethnic groups that lived in the UkrSSR. In 2006 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has officially recognized the Holodomor of 1932-33 as the genocide against the Ukrainian nation.
“Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” commemorate all victims of that terrible tragedy of 1932-33 and make practical efforts to preserve the memory of this genocide.
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On November 23, 2016 within the project “See Ukraine with Your Own Eyes” “Tkuma” Institute and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” welcomed group of civil society activists from Russia. The project is organized by Russian Center “The Image of the Future” in cooperation with Internews Ukraine.
Read more: Meeting with Russian Public Activists within the project “See Ukraine with Your Own Eyes”
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On November 17, 2016 Dnipro Jewish community was visited by Nataša Prah, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia. Ambassador was accompanied by Anatoly Bondarenko, Honorary Consul of Republic of Slovenia in Kharkiv, and Leonid Sklyar, Member of the Board of Trustees of Dnipro Jewish community. After meeting with Shmuel Kaminezki, Chief Rabbi of Dnipro city and region, honored guests visited Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”. Guided tour around the Museum was conducted by Dr. Igor Shchupak, “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum Director.
Read more: Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia Has Visited the Holocaust Museum
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November 13–14, 2016 saw research and commemorative visit to Dnipro of German historians and public activists from Wuppertal.
The group firstly visited Kyiv (including – Babyn Yar), and then came to our city. According to the project participants, the visit was stemmed from the desire to learn more about the Nazi occupation of Ukraine and in particular about crimes committed by Nazi mobile military groups – Einsatzgruppen. The group also wanted to visit local memorials at the places of mass shootings and pay tribute to the victims of Nazi policies.