Video: Genocides in the history of humanity and Ukraine: Memory, Memorialization, and Modern Challenges
The panel discussion that took place at the Lviv BookForum on 6 October was devoted to the discussion of the nature of genocides in the history of mankind — from biblical times, the tragedy of Babyn Yar as a worldwide symbol of the Holocaust, to the genocidal practices of Russia in the modern war against Ukraine, as well as rethinking the culture of remembering mass genocides under the influence of today's problems and challenges.
What do we know, and how do we remember genocides in world history? How is the memory of the Holodomor erased in the Ukrainian territories temporarily occupied by Russia, and why should these practices be considered one of the components of genocide? Why is it important for modern Ukraine to preserve the memory of the Holocaust, Babyn Yar as a symbol of the genocide of Jews, and how does Putin's propaganda use painful topics to dehumanize Ukrainians? What is the world experience of commemorating mass genocides, and how can it serve Ukraine?
Participants were historians Norman Naimark (United States) and Lyudmila Hrynevych (Ukraine), Genocide: A World History (Kyiv: HREC PRESS, 2024); Vladyslav Hrynevych, Sr. (Ukraine), Babyn Yar: History and Memory (Edited by Vladyslav Hrynevych, Sr. and Paul Robert Magocsi (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023); Igor Shchupak, Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies, Board Member of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter; and Yehor Vradii, Deputy Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies. The event was moderated by Andriy Pavlyshyn, Ukrainian journalist, public figure, historian and translator.
Norman Naimark, Lyudmila Hrynevych, Vladyslav Hrynevych, Paul Robert Magocsi, Igor Shchupak and Yehor Vradii, 6 October 2024, Lviv BookForum
Link below to the Hay Festival website for the English version of the video.
Event begins at 03:50
