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“We have done more research on the killers than the victims”: A historical monograph on the Belzec death camp

Posted On: June 22nd, 2020

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Publications, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

Today we are speaking with Anatoly Podolsky, the director of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, about the Ukrainian translation of the Polish historian Robert Kuwałek’s book The Bełżec Death Camp. Andriy Kobalia: Who was…

The Holocaust child and adult survivors’ memoirs

Posted On: June 8th, 2020

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

Today we are speaking with Anatoly Podolsky, the director of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, about the memoirs of two individuals who never knew each other, but who had very similar experiences. These are…

Now available with English captions: Andriy Pavlyshyn: Fate and Memory

Posted On: March 10th, 2020

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Outreach

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and…

“Making the Holocaust part of Ukrainian experience”. Panel discussion at Jewish Museum London 26 January 2020

Posted On: February 12th, 2020

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Other Programs, History

On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, the Ukrainian Institute London held an important and timely panel discussion on how the Holocaust is remembered in Ukraine, in partnership with the Jewish Museum London and supported…

Ukraine: Holocaust and Memory. Panel discussion and artwork display in London

Posted On: February 10th, 2020

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Other Programs, History

Between 1939 and 1945, over a million Jews were murdered in the “Holocaust by Bullets” in Ukraine. During this period, three occupations swept the country: Soviet, Nazi and Soviet again, leading to between 8 and…

When the word kills or saves

Posted On: December 5th, 2019

Posted In: Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Israeli Friends of Ukraine, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Other Programs, History, Holodomor

The international seminar “When the Word Kills or Saves: Church Leaders, Intellectual Authorities, and the Press during the Holocaust and the Holodomor” was held in the Israeli city of Acre in November 2019. For the…

Rescuing places of remembrance from oblivion

Posted On: November 14th, 2019

Posted In: Commentary, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Commentary and Analysis

JERUSALEM – The Valley of the Communities at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, is perched high atop Mount Herzl, surrounded by pine trees and silence. On this particular day, an evening breeze has cooled…

Israelis make first Hebrew-language movie about the Holodomor

Posted On: September 19th, 2019

Posted In: Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Visual Arts, Holodomor

“With this film I want to break the silence in Israel on the Holodomor,” said Israeli actor, director, and producer Dim Amor in an interview with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. The film is being shot…

Memory of the Holocaust during the Soviet period: permitted and proscribed practices

Posted On: July 15th, 2019

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

The historian Iryna Sklokina discusses the unofficial memory of the Holocaust during Soviet times, the search for unknown heroes, and the struggle to establish monuments. Today we will be talking about a lecture that took…

A chat with Julia Korsunsky of RememberUs.org

Posted On: April 29th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

Today we’ll be speaking with Julia Korsunsky, whose story we first heard on Nash Holos last year. Julia is the Executive Director of RememberUs.org, a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts. Her organization is involved in…

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