REMEMBRANCE IN DIALOGUE PROJECT FOR UKRAINIAN SCHOLARS AND EDUCATORS
On November 19, 2025, as part of the Remembrance in Dialogue project, organized by the civic society organizations Insha Osvita and Austausch, a workshop for history teachers was held on researching and teaching local Holocaust histories. The project is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust vicitims during the Russian war against Ukraine.
The teachers were addressed by Dr. Natalia Lazar (United States Holocaust Museum) on the topic “Teaching the History of the Holocaust Based on Primary Sources and Testimonies: Pedagogical Practices and Recommendations of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum” and by Dr. Anatoly Podolsky, a leading researcher at the Department of Ethnopolitics of our Institute, who presented on the topic “Teaching of the Holocaust History During the War: Methods and Methodologies”. The lecture noted that in Ukraine, during almost four years of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the methodology and techniques of teaching the Holocaust History, the fate of Ukrainian Jews during World War II, and the crimes of National Socialism have changed. These changes relate to the modern war, when many history teachers found themselves in a situation like the events of 85 years ago, and the experience of studying the history of the Holocaust helps to comprehend the events of Russian aggression against our country. The accumulated significant experience in studying, teaching, and preserving the memory of the victims of the Holocaust is now needed to understand the modern war and the future preservation of the memory of this brutal Moscow aggression against Ukraine in the 21st century.
As part of this project, Ukrainian, Polish, and German teams studied together for half a year in lectures and during a visit to Frankivsk and are now to share their knowledge with teaching communities in their countries. The workshop focused on teaching methodologies and approaches to the topic during the war.
During Dr. Anatoly Podolsky lecture