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A new academic publication on Holocaust history in Ukraine

Before and during the retreat of the Wehrmacht 1943/44 Ukraine became an arena of mass violence. Until spring 1944, Wehrmacht units, police, SS and SD began committing mass killings in different manners. As a part of the guerilla-war concept (Bandenkampf) they burned down villages and killed or deported their residents, stole their food and products.

Among others, the book “Ukraine 1944/45. Loyalty and Violence during the turning point of the war” (original: “Loyalitäten und Gewalt im Kontext der Kriegswende”) by the German writer Johannes Spohr deals with various collective and individual reactions of Ukraines population towards the turning point of the war.

Due to various reasons, more and more people changed to the Soviet force in 1943, the author calls this process re-Sovietization.

On the other hand, during this period many Ukrainians joined the Wehrmacht or fled to the west. It was from the very beginning of the war that Ukrainians were drawn to build formations, which supported the occupational force, for example the Ukrainian auxiliary police.

Such formations supported the further polarization of Ukrainian people.

Announcements

1/31/2026
Regulations of the XXVI I.B. Medvynsky All‑Ukrainian Competition of Student Research and Art Works “History and Lessons of the Holocaust” (2025–2026 Academic Year) [More]
1/27/2026
“HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION AND THE UKRAINIAN SOCIETY: HERITAGE AND THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY” [More]
12/13/2025
Research Team Meeting for the Project “One Stone - One Life: 80 Stumbling Stones for Kyiv” [More]
11/23/2025
Scientific and Methodological Seminar for Ukrainian Educators at Yad Vashem [More]
10/28/2025
International Scholarly and Practical Conference “War in Historical and Individual Memory” [More]

1/15/2026
(No) Children’s Stories Exhibition in Odesa

Starting the year with a powerful event - from January 19 to 30, 2026, Odesa will host the exhibition (No) Children’s Stories for the first time.
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1/8/2026
Bibliographic Database “Jewish Studies in Independent Ukraine”

The Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies has begun work on a project to create a bibliographic database entitled Jewish Studies in Independent Ukraine. The project envisages the creation of a reference resource covering various types of academic publications, as well as dissertations and educational publications

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1/1/2026
Happy New Year 2026 from the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies!

2025 was a year of action and partnerships. With our team and partners, we made many meaningful initiatives possible.
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12/25/2025
The Formation of Holocaust Scholarly Discourse in European Nations

On December 16, 2025, the State Institution Institute of World History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine held the International Scientific Conference The Formation of Holocaust Scholarly Discourse in European Nations.
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12/18/2025
Research Team Meeting for the Project “One Stone - One Life: 80 Stumbling Stones for Kyiv”

On 13 December 2025, the first in‑person meeting of school research teams took place in Kyiv. These teams are currently studying the biographies for new Stumbling Stones. Five teams from Kyiv and one from Odesa - history teachers working together with their students - are each conducting their own research.
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A new academic publication on Holocaust history in Ukraine

Announcements

Latest News

(No) Children’s Stories Exhibition in Odesa

Bibliographic Database “Jewish Studies in Independent Ukraine”

Happy New Year 2026 from the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies!

The Formation of Holocaust Scholarly Discourse in European Nations

Research Team Meeting for the Project “One Stone - One Life: 80 Stumbling Stones for Kyiv”