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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

7/7/2025
History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration. Educational seminar-school. Kyiv 2025 [More]
6/27/2025
Research and Methodology Seminar "The History of Genocides in Ukraine: Lessons and Contemporary Challenges" [More]
6/2/2025
International scientific and methodological seminar “History of genocides in Ukraine: study of experience and contemporary challenges” [More]
5/26/2025
Lecture for Ukrainian diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine as part of the “Diplomacy of Memory” project [More]
5/18/2025
I.B. Medvynsky All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research and Art Works “History and Lessons of the Holocaust” [More]

7/5/2025
Bulletin «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 2 (82), 2025

Dear colleagues! The fresh issue of information-pedagogical bulletin of UCHS «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 2 (82), April-June, 2025 has been published.
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7/1/2025
Joint Initiative of the Ministry of Education, UCHS, and the Shoah Memorial

On 26 June 2025, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine hosted a meeting between representatives of the Directorate of School Education and representatives of the Ukrainian Centre for Holocaust Studies and the Shoah Memorial (Paris).
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6/30/2025
History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration. Educational seminar-school.

The annual Franco-Ukrainian academic seminar, titled History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration, has become a tradition.
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6/24/2025
History as a Weapon: Soviet Past, russian Narratives, and the War Against Ukraine. – Public Discussion

In the Main Building of the War Museum hosted a public discussion dedicated to the issues of historical memory and russia’s use of history as a tool in its aggressive war against Ukraine.
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6/10/2025
Online Course: How to Talk to Students About the Holocaust

On 10 June 2025, the online course “How to Talk about the Holocaust with Students” was launched. This course was developed by the staff of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies and implemented in cooperation with leading experts on the topic and the online educational platform Open University of Maidan.
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A new academic publication on Holocaust history in Ukraine

Announcements

Latest News

Bulletin «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 2 (82), 2025

Joint Initiative of the Ministry of Education, UCHS, and the Shoah Memorial

History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration. Educational seminar-school.

History as a Weapon: Soviet Past, russian Narratives, and the War Against Ukraine. – Public Discussion

Online Course: How to Talk to Students About the Holocaust