Home

Home Schedule
Conferences Round Tables
All-Ukrainian Competition of Students Works Annual Seminar for History Teachers Study - Trip"Teaching the Holocaust - Perspectives and Approaches", GHWK, Berlin Study - Trip "History of the Holocaust in Ukraine and Poland" Study - Trip “The Fate of Jewish Communities of Ukraine and France: A Comparison“ Educational Fellowship at Yad Vashem Authority Teaching Materials against Antisemitism, Discrimination and Xenophobia (OCSE/ODIHR) Other projects and completed projects
Information-pedagogical bulletin "Lessons of the Holocaust" Scholarly Journal "Holocaust and modernity" (2005-...) Bulletin "Holocaust: Contemporary Research" Scholarly publications Educational publications Library of the Holocaust Memoirs Publications of the project "Protecting Memory"
Our Staff Contacts
Commemoration Genocide of the Roma of Ukraine Babyn Yar No Child History Kyiv Stones
Book announcements Catalog Online

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

insidethegatesOn August 13-17, 2023, the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies held its annual educational seminar-school "The History of the Holocaust in Ukraine: Research, Education, Commemoration" in Kyiv. The seminar-school was attended by 25 teachers of history and other social studies from 14 regions of the country. 

During the school, the participants discussed various aspects of the history of the Holocaust in Ukraine and Europe, the policies of totalitarian regimes, Ukrainian-Jewish relations in the interwar period and during the Holocaust, the ideology of Nazi anti-Semitism, interdisciplinary approaches to the history of the Holocaust, other genocides of World War II and the present, issues of historical memory, the impact of russia's war against Ukraine on Holocaust research, teaching, and commemoration, and other relevant topics. A significant part of the program was devoted to the discussion of Holocaust history teaching methods at school.
We thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine for this opportunity!
The event was held with the financial support of the Transnational Project "Learning to Remember" by the Düsseldorf Jewish Community, American Jewish Committee and Associations of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine (VAAD).

Seminar-school program

Photo gallery

Announcements

More

Latest News

  • To the 82nd anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. Educational materials

    The death of innocent people always leaves a deep mark on history. September 29-30 are the days when Ukraine and the world commemorate the victims of Babyn Yar. These days remind us how important it is to remember the past. The memory of Babyn Yar reminds us that it is important to keep the world from sinking into the darkness of hatred and cruelty. The preservation of peace and coexistence, respect for human rights and diversity is a task to which we must pay special attention as we seek to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

    [More]
  • About the war. Interview with Ukrainian Teachers Project

    Since the full-scale invasion of russia, the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies has always supported and continues to support our colleagues from different parts of Ukraine.

    [More]
  • Kyiv Defense Chronicles

    Historian and ethnopolitical scientist Vitaliy Nakhmanovych, with the financial support of the Museum of Kyiv History, created the website Kyiv Defense Chronicles, which features a daily chronology of the Battle for Kyiv from February 24 to April 10, 2022.

    [More]
  • The Library Support Program successfully completed

    We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed a program to support libraries of all levels in the country. The program lasted more than two months. During this time, 340 libraries across the country received publications from the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies!

    [More]
  • How to teach to remember? Discussion of historians on Ukrainske Radio

    Here is Anatolii Podolskyi's discussion on the Ukrainske Radio program "Today. This Afternoon" together with military historian Vasyl Pavlov.

    The conversation is dedicated to the problems and challenges of teaching history during the current war. How can we resist russian propaganda against us? Why are myths harmful? How to teach to remember? How to keep the memory of heroes and victims of the present and past alive?

    [More]
More
Top