Cooperation Memorandum Between centers for Holocaust studies in Poland and Ukraine
On 22 January 2014 in Krakow a signing of Cooperation Memorandum between Center for Holocaust Studies at Jagiellonian Universtiy in Krakow and Kyiv based Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies took place. It happened during an international conference “Mass Murder Sites: Research and Commemoration” organized by IHRA. The three-year memorandum presupposes academic exchange, exchange of research publications, organization of common academic and educational seminar and conferences. This year already first Ukrainian teachers will visit the summer school in Holocaust studies in Krakow. The memorandum was singed by directors of two centers: Dr. Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs and Dr. Anatoly Podolsky in the presence of Prof. Steven Katz, IHRA Academic Advisor.
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