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Lviv ceremony honors three Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jewish children from Holocaust

The descendants of a Greek Catholic priest, his wife, and a brave Ukrainian woman received Israel's highest honor for their ancestors who sheltered Jewish children from Nazi persecution, adding to Ukraine's remarkable legacy of Holocaust rescue.

byOlena Mukhina

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Holocaust survivor draws parallel between Nazi terror and today’s Russia in Bundestag address

"Putin is trying to destroy us as a nation, just as Hitler tried to destroy the Jewish people in World War II," Roman Schwarzman declared.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Putin’s war against Ukraine to prove as fatal as Hitler’s USSR campaign, Zaluzhnyi says on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Former Ukrainian Commander Zaluzhnyi compares Putin's war to Hitler's fatal decision to attack USSR, highlighting similar patterns of territorial expansion and propaganda.

byOlena Mukhina

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Western policies of appeasement produced a monster… again

The West did not stop Hitler in 1938 In 1938, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi army seized a…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

Yosyf Zissels, a former Soviet political prisoner and co-chairman of the Vaad (Union of Jewish Communities in Ukraine). Image: Apostrophe TV video capture

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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Ukraine

May 14: Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians who saved Jews during World War II

As of January 1, 2020, 2,659 Ukrainians have been honoured by the State of Israel with the title…

byUkrainian media sources

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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…

byBohdan Ben

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Memory wars and other battles

Let’s take a look at how Russia remembers its history. For example, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently tried…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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“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…

byBohdan Ben

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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…

byIstorychna Pravda

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False accusations of antisemitism haunt Ukraine as Putin pushes his narrative at Holocaust Forum

Respected Anti-Defamation League and its survey on antisemitism: what’s wrong This season’s first accusation of Ukraine’s purported antisemitism…

byBohdan Ben

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Jewish survivors of Babi Yar Holocaust massacre recall events, reconstruct exact shooting location

The massacre committed by the Nazis and local collaborators in the Babi Yar ravine on 29-30 September 1941,…

byIstorychna Pravda

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Ukraine

Eva.Stories: real-life Holocaust diary on Instagram that was shot by a Ukrainian company in Lviv

What if a girl had an Instagram account during the Holocaust? The account Eva.Stories on the popular social…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

Putin icons for sale in Russia for 600 rubles (10 dollars). Image: newsland.com

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Putin says Russia ‘ruled by God’ and presents Russians as victims of Holocaust

Many of Vladimir Putin’s supporters only ten days ago were expressing concern that he had not launched his…

byPaul A. Goble

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Nazi dreams of an enslaved Ukraine: the blind spot of Germany’s historical memory – Timothy Snyder

When we ask why historical responsibility, why German historical responsibility, I want to begin from the universal point…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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International

Diplomatic tightrope and historical memory: Ukraine-Israel foreign policy audit

Relations between Ukraine and Israel are distant and close at the same time. As a home for the…

byInstitute of World Policy

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Why compare the Holodomor and the Holocaust

Professor Philippe de Lara gave a lecture about the unique nature of the two genocides: the Holocaust as…

byVarious internet sources

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Understanding the Ukrainians in WWII Part 3. Of German plans and German collaborators.

On May 22 Volodymyr Katriuk, a Ukrainian World War II veteran and a suspected participant in the massacre…

byJames Oliver

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Ukraine remembers the “forgotten” Holocaust victims

Five memorials for Holocaust victims are being dedicated in western Ukraine. They are intended to pay respect to…

byWorld Media

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History of Ukraine

Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 15th, 2015 is known in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) or a “Holocaust and…

byEugene Linetsky