Posts Tagged: Ukraine Holocaust
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Opens Ukrainian Archives to Public for the First Time
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is making digital copies of its Ukrainian records related to the Holocaust available online for the first time. With special...
Ukrainian Holocaust Survivors Find Shelter in Israel
Valerie Bendersky was just seven when he fled to Kazakhstan to escape the Nazi invasion of Ukraine. Nearly 80 years later he has had to...
Holocaust Survivors Find Refuge From Ukraine War in Germany
Eight decades after Raisa Valiushkevych fled Ukraine to escape Nazi Germany's invasion, the 98-year-old Holocaust survivor found herself fleeing again — this time to Germany,...
‘Distortion’ and ‘Trivialization’ of Holocaust Poses Urgent Challenge, Says Newly-Appointed Head of Yad Vashem
The newly-appointed head of Israel's national memorial to the Holocaust has identified the "trivialization" and "distortion" of the Nazi persecution of the Jews as the...
Israeli Envoy in Ukraine Slams Naming of Soccer Stadium in Honor of Nazi Ally Roman Shukhevych
Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine on Tuesday lambasted the city of Ternopil after its council named a rebuilt soccer stadium after Roman Shukhevych, the leader of...
Ukrainian Nationalists Honor Nazi Collaborator Stepan Bandera on New Year’s Day March
About 1,000 ultranationalists and far-right extremists staged a march through the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on New Year's Day, drawing a sharp rebuke...
Ukrainian Parliament Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day for First Time in History
JNS.org - For the first time in its history, the Ukrainian parliament, referred to locally as “Verkhovna Rada,” marked both International Holocaust Remembrance Day and...
The Theft of Childhood: Protecting Our Children From Ideological Warfare
Around the world, millions of childhoods are under threat from war. Sadly, this isn’t a new phenomenon. Protecting children isn’t something that humankind has historically...
‘Ukraine Remains Blind Spot on Map of Holocaust Memorials’
A group of executives from the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (BYHMC) met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday and briefed him about their...
Tough Times Again for Ukraine’s Jewish Population
We are now witnessing the latest round of violence and tragedy in the Ukraine. And not for the first time, hundreds of thousands of Jews...
Anti-Semitic Violence Frightens Ukrainian Jews Amid Protests
JNS.org - Two violent anti-Semitic incidents that took place in Kiev, Ukraine, over the course of a week have alarmed the Ukrainian Jewish community....
Telling the Truth About Ukraine’s Rising Anti-Semitic ‘Svoboda’ Party: An Eye-Opening Experience – With Portents for Ukraine’s Future
On May 24, my commentary, "Svoboda Fuels Ukraine's Growing Anti-Semitism," was published in The Algemeiner, raising concerns about growing anti-Semitic political forces in Ukraine....
Svoboda Fuels Ukraine’s Growing Anti-Semitism
The rise of anti-Semitism in Ukraine is barely noticed in the State Department's recent International Religious Freedom Report for 2012. This is especially alarming, because...
Ukrainian City Agrees to Remove Jewish Headstones Used as Pavement
The Forward - The city of Lviv in Ukraine agreed to remove Jewish headstones currently used as pavement. The grave markers, from cemeteries destroyed by the...
