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On February 16, 2016 Marius Yanukonis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Ukraine visited “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”. He was accompanied by a representative delegation headed by Vitaly Pivnyak, Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Dnipropetrovsk, and Prof.Vytautas Magnus. Dr.Igor Shchupak, “Tkuma” Institute and the Holocaust Museum Director, conducted the guided tour for the special guests as well as negotiated regarding the possibilities of cooperation.
Read more: Ambassador of Lithuania to Ukraine visited the Holocaust Museum
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On January 27, 2016 Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” hosted the Holocaust Memorial Ceremony. By the decision of the UN General Assembly dated November 1, 2005 each year International Holocaust Remembrance Day in marked in January 27. This day in 1945 the troops of the First Ukrainian Front liberated the Polish town of Oświęcim, where Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, terrible symbol of the Holocaust and Nazi crimes during World War II, was located.
Read more: The Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in Dnipropetrovsk
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On January 15, 2016 Ukrainian Catholic University hosted the session of German Ukrainian Commission of Historians.
The Commission work was joined by Martin Schulze Wessel (Co-Chair of the Commission), Guido Hausmann (both represented Ludwig Maximilians University Munich), Tanja Penter (Heidelberg University), Prof. Jutta Scherrer (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences), Prof. Yaroslav Hrytsak (Co-Chair of the Commission, Ukrainian Catholic University), Prof. Yuri Shapoval (NAS of Ukraine), Prof. Oleksandr Lysenko (Institute of History of Ukraine , NAS of Ukraine), Prof. Helinada Hrinchenko (Chief Editor of “Ukraine Moderna”), Prof. Polina Barvinska (I. Mechnikov Odesa National University), Prof. Frank Sysyn (University of Alberta, Canada), Dr. Igor Shchupak (“Tkuma” Institute, the Holocaust Museum). Mark vonHagen (Arizona State University) participated in the Commission work as invited guest.
Read more: The Session of German-Ukrainian Commission of Historians
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On December 2, 2015 within the framework of the project "See Ukraine With Your Own Eyes" "Tkuma" Institute and Museum "Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine" welcomed the regular group of Russian activists. Due to this project public activists, journalists, bloggers have an opportunity to get acquainted with modern Ukraine via direct visit to the country but not via TV. The project is organized by Russian Center "The Image of the Future" (Oleg Kozlovsky) in cooperation with Internews Ukraine (Volodymyr Hushuley).
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On November 15 World Day of Jewish Education was celebrated in Dnipropetrovsk. On this occasion leading presenters held lectures, master classes and workshops in the "Menora" Center. Dr Igor Shchupak, "Tkuma" Institute and the Holocaust Museum Director, held a lecture-discussion for members of "Hillel" Dnipropetrovsk student organization and sessions for members of "Solomonika" Jewish cultural center.
Both sessions were devoted to the theme of historical myths and their impact on modern society. Each lecture was followed by a discussion of range of current issues, including modern socio-political situation in Ukraine and the world.
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