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Holocaust

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

11/12/2024
European Research Discourse on the Holocaust: Modern Dimensions and Research Prospects. International Scientific Conference [More]
10/1/2024
We invite article submissions for a joint publication of the journal Ukraina Moderna and the Memory Culture Platform Mynule / Maibutnie / Mystetstvo (Past / Future / Art) [More]
8/15/2024
Open Day of the Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Jewish Studies [More]
7/10/2024
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR-SCHOOL "THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST IN UKRAINE: RESEARCH, EDUCATION, COMMEMORATION", Kyiv, August 2024 [More]
6/5/2024
TURN OF HISTORY. THE PATH TO JUSTICE FOR WAR VICTIMS IN UKRAINE [More]

11/6/2024
Bulletin «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 3 (79), 2024

Dear colleagues! The fresh issue of information-pedagogical bulletin of UCHS «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 3 (79), July-September, 2024 has been published.
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10/27/2024
The past helps to understand the present – UCU opens the Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History

On 17 October in Lviv, the Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History had its ceremonial opening. The center was jointly founded by Ukrainian Catholic University and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
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10/20/2024
On Guard of Saint Sophia. Exhibition project

Starting 18 September 2024, the Kyiv History Museum invites you to visit the large-scale multimedia exhibition project On Guard of Saint Sophia. This unique exhibition demonstrates the modern Russian-Ukrainian war as a result of the centuries-long confrontation between two civilisations with their completely opposite values.
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10/10/2024
Holocaust Remembrance in the Ukrainian Regions

Interview with Olha Limonova, coordinator of the UCHS Formal Education Department, on Hromadske Radio about the problems and changes in Holocaust Remembrance.

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10/7/2024
Seminar on Teaching Holocaust History at High School in Chernivtsi

On 4-6 October 2024, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University hosted a research and methodological seminar for university professors entitled ‘Teaching Holocaust History at High School’. The seminar was organised by the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies in cooperation with and the financial support of the International Project “Tracks of Memory” of the Düsseldorf Jewish Community.
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A new academic publication on Holocaust history in Ukraine

Announcements

Latest News

Bulletin «Lessons of the Holocaust», № 3 (79), 2024

The past helps to understand the present – UCU opens the Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History

On Guard of Saint Sophia. Exhibition project

Holocaust Remembrance in the Ukrainian Regions

Seminar on Teaching Holocaust History at High School in Chernivtsi