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historical memory
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Ukraine’s President and leadership honor the memory of Kruty heroes, who fought for Ukraine’s independence in 1918
President Zelenskyy, Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhnyi and military leadership paid tribute to fallen defenders at Askold's Grave in Kyiv, where also some contemporary servicemen are buried.
“Memory makes us stronger.” Ukraine marks 105th anniversary of symbolic battle against invading Russians
On 29 January 2023, Ukraine commemorates the 105 anniversary of the Battle of Kruty. Ukrainian Commander in Chief…
Representatives of Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania commemorated in Kyiv the 160th anniversary of the January Uprising against the Russian Empire
The January Uprising that began on 22 January 1863 was the insurrection against the Russian empire aimed at…
On the streets with big plans. How Kyiv’s Euromaidan museum wants to promote democracy for the whole of Europe
[editorial]Eight years after the start of the Euromaidan revolution, Ukraine’s Euromaidan museum is essentially homeless. The territory where…
Moscow seeks to use Babyn Yar against Ukrainians; Ukrainians want a memorial to the victims
There are two competing projects for a memorial at Babyn Yar [also known as Babi Yar], the site…
Memorial to Austrian Prince Vasyl Vyshyvany inaugurated in Kyiv
A bust of Archduke Wilhelm von Habsburg-Lothringen (Vasyl Vyshyvany), colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (Sichovi Striltsi) and…
WWII “Victory Day” was really “Occupation Day” for western Ukraine and half of Europe
[editorial]If for Western Europe the end of the war meant the victory of democracy, for Ukraine it meant…
Putin’s “Trojan horse” in Ukraine — Babyn Yar and Holocaust memorialization
The Russian project is indeed a “Trojan horse”, as Yost Zissels, a Ukrainian dissident of Jewish origin and…
Ukrainians deported from Poland in 1944 recall mass killings, explain paths to historical reconciliation
[editorial]Is reconciliation possible? Two Ukrainians deported from Poland in 1944 recall mass killings, explain current Polish-Ukrainian relations.[/editorial] The…
How Ukraine is healing the traumatic wounds of colonialism
[editorial]Ukraine emerged out of the 20th century with a burden of trauma. The metaphoric bloodlands fell victim not…
UPA documents found in Italian shell casing in Zhytomyr Oblast
According to Serhiy Halytsky, acting director of the Radomyshl National Museum of Local History, and director of Povstansky…
Intellectual group warns against Russian annexation of Ukrainian historical memory in “Holocaust Disneyland”
On October 13, 2020, the members of the First of December Group – founded on the 20th anniversary…
New version of Hunger for Truth, film about Holodomor& Ukrainian struggle for independence, now online
The Canadian journalist who was the first to write about the 1932 genocidal famine in Ukraine — Rhea…
Ukraine’s open colonial wounds
Of the interesting debate organized by LibMod – Zentrum Liberale Moderne’s project “Ukraine Verstehen” (eng. Understanding Ukraine) around…
Hanna from the forests of Volyn: life & death in Ravensbrück KZ
And yet: we will return we will definitely return at least – with our feet forward but: not…
In Memoriam. An eternal guelder rose on the grave of Dariya “Oda” Lebed, survivor of Ravensbrück KZ
“Shadows billow over me” Vasyl Stus Dariya’s elderly mother, Oleksandra Hnatkivska, stood in the row of prisoners during…
Motherland Monument: Kyiv landmark, national symbol or soviet vestige
Prominent soviet sculptor and muralist Yevheniy Vuchetich, who was obsessed with the idea of creating a memorial in…
“Holocaust Disneyland” on mass graves in Kyiv – result of weak national memory policy
The museum is planned to be built in Babyn Yar, where the largest executions were committed by Nazi…
Ravensbrück concentration camp hospital – factory of death
In July and August 1944, barrack no.12 was filled with women prisoners from Ukraine – hundreds of exhausted…
Facing Corona setback, Kremlin regroups forces on “memory front”
For the Russian leadership, the May celebration was of paramount importance. It was assumed that 2020 will see…