New edition to start the UCHS series “Library of the Holocaust Memoirs”
New edition to start the UCHS series “Library of the Holocaust Memoirs” The book “Light in Darkness”, by Phyllis Sterling Jacobs is, as said in subtitle “as survivor’s story by Simon Sterling as told to Phyllis Sterling Jacobs” – the moving and deep dialogue between the daughter and her father, who only in 1980s could find strength and courage to tell his story of survival in Ukrainian-Polish borderland during the events of the Holocaust and the following return to life in Germany and the USA. Around 2000 the daughter found strength to share this story. To the advantage of the readers of English and now of Ukrainian. The plain story of struggle and will to life in the terrible conditions is a vivid experience for any reader, willing to learn history firsthand.
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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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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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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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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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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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