Educational Course “Genocide of Jews in Europe: Perspectives and Approaches”. Start-up Seminar in Kyiv.
On 27-29 May Kyiv hosted an introductory seminar for educational course “Genocide of Jews in Europe: Perspectives and Approaches”. The course is held by Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies in association with the Museum and Memorial “House of the Wannsee Conference” and under the support of the German Embassy in Ukraine.
The participants of the course could get to know each other, present their research, take part in discussions and hear lectures by established professionals. In the end of the day they also had a possibility to view and discuss a film “Farewell, Mr. Schwartz” by Yael Reuveni (Israel/Germany).
The programme presupposed visits to memorial places in Kyiv, among them the Memorial Complex “Bykivnya Graves”, National Reserve “Babyn Yar” and the Museum of History of Ukraine in WWII.
Currently the distance learning session has commenced. In August the participants will be welcomed in Berlin by the Museum and Memorial “House of the Wannsee Conference” at the final stage of their learning course.
Announcements
MoreLatest News
-
Educational seminar-school “History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration”
From 13 to 16 August 2025, the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, in partnership with Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies, held its annual seminar The History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Memory.
[More] -
Invisible. Resilience: The Past and Present of the Roma
On 2 August 2025, International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day, the exhibition Invisible. Resilience: The Past and Present of the Roma opened at the Living Memory Exhibition Centre of the Babyn Yar National Memorial Museum.
[More] -
You're walking down the street and suddenly see a name. No Grand Words. But a Story.
This is a stumbling stone — a small concrete cube with a brass plate. Often unnoticed by those rushing past, but deeply eloquent to those who pause. Each stone marks a story. A life. And a memory returning to the city. Since August 2025, the Kyiv project “One Stone — One Life: 80 Stumbling Stones for Kyiv” has continued its work. This autumn will bring new installations, new names, new research, and new teams, which we will begin forming in September. Follow our announcements — it might just be you
[More] -
Holocaust Memory: Ukrainian and Polish Experiences Public Lecture at the “Sense” Bookstore in Kyiv
On 28 July, the sixth meeting of the Polish Institute's History Club took place at the Sens bookshop in Kyiv. This time, the topic was the memory of the Holocaust and World War II — particularly relevant at a time when Ukraine is experiencing a new national trauma.
[More] -
Open Lecture on the Occasion of the International Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Roma Genocide at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
On July 28, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine hosted a lecture marking the International Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Nazi Genocide of the Roma, organized as part of the “Memory Diplomacy” initiative.
[More]