{"id":5705,"date":"2017-01-17T19:54:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=5705\/"},"modified":"2017-08-18T19:25:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:25:04","slug":"uje-babyn-yar-symposium-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/uje-babyn-yar-symposium-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"UJE Babyn Yar Symposium, Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5675\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5675\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Day-1A-Opt-500x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Day-1A-Opt-500x409.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Day-1A-Opt-1024x837.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Paul Robert Magocsi (left) and Adrian Karatnycky (right), UJE board members who co-chaired the Babyn Yar Commemoration, opened the public symposium on September 26, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>September 29, 2016\u00a0<\/em>marked the 75th anniversary of the murder of 34,000 Jews that occurred at Babyn Yar, a ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Like Auschwitz in Poland, Babyn Yar in Ukraine has become a major symbol of the destruction of Europe\u2019s Jews during the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>From September 23-29, 2016, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, a Canada-based non-governmental organization, working in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress, Ukraine\u2019s government, and other Ukrainian Jewish and diaspora organizations, sponsored a series of public events commemorating the atrocities that occurred at Babyn Yar. The events include a youth conference, a public symposium, a memorial space competition, and a commemorative concert.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following is a video presentation of the first day of the public symposium, which took place in Kyiv on September 26, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Monday, September 26 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>Public Symposium<\/div>\n<div><em>(in English and Ukrainian)<\/em><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W0htCMpP_eo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>00:16 \u2013 13:29<\/div>\n<div><strong>Prologue<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u201cBabyn Yar\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Orchestral work by Dmytro Kytsenko Kyiv Camerata National Ensemble Valerii Matiukhin, conductor<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>13:35 \u2013 27:13<\/div>\n<div><strong>Remarks<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Adrian Karatnycky (USA)<\/div>\n<div>Professor Paul Robert Magocsi (Canada)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>27:19 \u2013 1:00:00<\/div>\n<div><strong>Greetings<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Presidential Administration<\/div>\n<div>Ministries of Ukraine<\/div>\n<div>Diplomatic Corps<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>1:00:40 \u2013 2:27:00<\/div>\n<div><strong>Address<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u201cBabyn Yar and the Holocaust: Remembering the Future\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Professor Timothy Snyder (USA)<\/div>\n<div><em>Moderators:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Professor Guido Hausmann (Germany)<\/div>\n<div>Professor Yaroslav Hrytsak (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<div><em>(in English and Ukrainian)<\/em><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aM3PFip0B6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><strong>Panel Discussion<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u201cThe Holocaust in International Law and Academic Research\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em>Panelists:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Professor Philippe de Lara (France)<\/div>\n<div>Professor Norman Naimark (USA)<\/div>\n<div>Dr. Anatoly Podolsky (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<div><em>Moderators:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Myroslav Marynovych (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<div>Professor Maksym Hon (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9RMUDpGz8nc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><strong>Panel Discussion<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0\u201cBabyn Yar: Symbol of the Holocaust and Other Tragedies\u201d<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em>Panelists:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Professor Karel Berkhoff (The Netherlands)<\/div>\n<div>Dr. Kiril Feferman (Israel)<\/div>\n<div>Dr. Vitalii Nakhmanovych (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<div><em>Moderators:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Professor Wolf Moskovich (Israel)<\/div>\n<div>Dr. Igor Shchupak (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ddTvfvk1nDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><strong>Panel Discussion<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0\u201cBabyn Yar: Paradigms of Memory\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em>Panelists:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Dr. Toomas Hiio (Estonia)<\/div>\n<div>Dr. Andreas Umland (Germany)<\/div>\n<div>Dr. Volodymyr Viatrovych (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<div><em>Moderators:<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Dr. Vladyslav Hrynevych (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<div>Professor Alla Kiridon (Ukraine)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The full\u00a0conference program is <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Babyn-Yar-Program-English.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 29, 2016\u00a0marked the 75th anniversary of the murder of 34,000 Jews that occurred at Babyn Yar, a ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. 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