INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
On occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, Goethe-Institut Ukraine in cooperation with Jewish community of the Dusseldorf, Polish Institute in Kyiv program are holding on the 27 January 2026 a round table discussion “Holocaust Commemoration and the Ukrainian Society: Challenges during war”. This event is aimed at encouraging discussion on the Holocaust commemoration in the Ukrainian society, fostering education about the Holocaust in Ukraine, commemoration of the victims and preservation of the heritage through public work.
The round table was opened with an introductory speech by Anatoliy Podolsky, a leading researcher in the Department of Ethnopolitical Science of our Institute, Head of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, Candidate of Historical Sciences. The speech noted that in recent years, during the large-scale Russian aggression and war against Ukraine, the study and teaching of the Holocaust topic has not stopped, new scientific works have appeared, methodological developments have appeared regarding the teaching of this difficult issue as part of Ukraine’s own history during World War II, and the insertion of the tragic fate of Ukrainian Jews into the general historical context of Ukrainian history in the middle of the last century.
Discussions during the round table
We will remind you that in 2005, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution No. 60/7, in which it proclaimed January 27 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust. The resolution emphasizes the importance of educational and outreach work to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and prevent future manifestations of hatred, bigotry, racism, and prejudice.
Anatoly Podolsky