INSTITUTE LEADING RESEARCHER RECEIVED HONORARY AWARD “LIVING MEMORY”

On January 27, 2026, on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar” presented the “Living Memory” awards to people who preserve and pass on the memory of Babyn Yar. The diploma “For preserving the memory of the Babyn Yar tragedy” and the honorary award “Living Memory” were received by Anatolii Podolskyi, a leading researcher in the ethnopolitical science department of our Institute, head of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, candidate of historical sciences.

The awarding took place during the opening of the scientific round table “Ukrainian Society and the Holocaust Memory: Challenges during the War”. During the presentation of the honorary award, the director of the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar” Roza Tapanova emphasized that A.Yu. Podolskyi has been researching the Nazi genocide of Jews in Ukraine and Eastern Europe for over 30 years and is shaping a culture of remembrance, respect for human rights, and tolerance.

Rosa Tapanova, Anatolii Podolskyi