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12.09.2015

‘The Second World War is the Best Lesson on What a War should not be like’, Volodymyr Vyatrovych Says

Volodymyr Vyatrovych, the director of the Ukrainian National Memory Institute, delivered a lecture ‘The Second World War. The War of Memories’ in Lviv. The event took place on September 10th within the framework of the historical platform of the Lviv Publishers’ Forum. The lecturer spoke on peculiarities of the Second World War and Soviet myths about it, which are important for Ukrainians to understand.’  

10.09.2015

A Lecture on Bruno Schultz, a Writer from Galician Frontier, Delivered

Yevhen Stanasevych, a scholar in literature, delivered a lecture ‘Bruno Schultz –Provincial, Marginal, Genius’. The event took place on September 9th, and became an opening of the Lviv Publishers’ Forum’s literature program. The audience learned a lot about the peculiarities of life and works of the writer and painter from a Galician frontier town, who found himself in a Soviet prison and a Jewish ghetto as well due to historical circumstances.            

03.09.2015

Discussion about Monument to Polish Rescuers of Jews Continues

A discussion about appropriateness of the construction of a monument to Polish Christians, who saved Jews during the Holocaust, has been lasting nearly for a year. The creation of the monument was initiated by Sigmund Rolat, a businessman and a philanthropist. He is a Jew. Michael Schudrich, the chef Rabbi of Poland, blessed the project. Nevertheless, the idea caused resistance from the side of some Polish historians, ‘The Associated Press’ informs.
02.09.2015

Remains of 21 Humans Found at the Construction Site of the Museum ‘Territory of Terror’

Searchers revealed remains of 21 people at the construction site of the Museum Complex ‘Territory of Terror’ situated on Chornovola Avenue, 45, in Lviv. Six skeletons were identified as belonging to German prisoners of war, the rest belongs to civilians. All the people were inmates of Transit Prison # 25, which functioned on this territory in 1944–1945. 

25.08.2015

Estonia Called for Establishment of International Tribunal to Investigate Crimes of Communism

Urmas Reinsalu, the Estonian minister of justice, appealed for establishment of international tribunal, designed to investigate crimes made by communist regimes. He announced this the day before the conference ‘Criminal Legacy of Nazism and Communism’, which took place in the Museum of Occupation, Tallinn. It was organized on the occasion of European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism. Seven countries supported the minister’s initiative, including Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Georgia, Mirror Weekly informs. 

13.08.2015

British Encourage Teenagers to Visit a Museum by Virtual Reality Headsets

Teenagers are going to be encouraged to visit the British Museum in London by virtual reality headsets. These devises will let the visitors see ultrarealistic 3D picture of a Bronze Age roundhouse filled with representations of the museum’s treasures, ‘The Telegraph’ informs. 

13.08.2015

British Museums are the Most Googled

Among all the museums in the world, the museums of London are googled most often, ‘The Telegraph’ informs. The Science Museum, the Natural History Museum and the British museum (London, the UK) are the top-three. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art ranks fourth. It is followed by the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.

12.08.2015

Film about Red Army Men’s Burials Destroyed by Soviet Authorities is Created in Lviv Region

A short film ‘The Ravaged Memory’ about the Battle of Brody (1944), when Ukrainian soldiers fought in the warring armies and about the destruction of a military cemetery in a village Zozuli (Zolochiv district, Lviv region) is being shot.

The first scene has been already filmed, the film’s director and the head of the Searching Society of War’s Victims ‘Memory’ Lubomyr Horbach informs our museum. 

10.08.2015

Japan Marks 70th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bombing

55 thousand people from 100 countries attended a ceremony in Hiroshima dedicated to the 70th anniversary of atomic of the city, and 6,7 thousand people visited the similar ceremony in Nagasaki, «The Japan News» informs. Relatives of victims started to ring the bells at 8:15 in Hiroshima and at 11:02 in Nagasaki. Then attendants prayed for the souls of the victims silently.

06.08.2015

New Memorials To Be Established in Former Jewish Quarter

New space for memorials is going to be organized in the centre of Lviv. It’s an aim of a project ‘Space: Jewish History, Common Heritage and Responsibility’, which was presented on August 5 within the framework of a programme ‘Jewish Days in the City Hall: Common Heritage and Responsibility’. The project consists of the Golden Rose Synagogue restoration, honouring and beautification of Beth Midrash and Great City Synagogue on Arsenalna Square which were destroyed during the Holocaust. 

05.08.2015

Robert Conquest, Prominent Researcher of Holocaust, Died

A 98-year-old English and American historian Robert Conquest died in the USA. He studied crimes of the communist regime in the Soviet Union. He was among the first authors who explored Holodomor in Ukraine soundly and described it in his book ‘The Harvest of Sorrow’, ‘Voice of America’ informs. 

30.07.2015

Monument to Andrey Sheptytsky Solemnly Unveiled in Lviv

A monument to Andrey Sheptytsky was solemnly opened in Lviv on July 29, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Hundreds of people gathered in the square in front of St. George’s Cathedral, including Greek Catholic hierarchs, clergy, the Ukrainian President, representatives of city administration and regional officials, public figures.
24.07.2015

Evidence of Nazi Medical Experiments Found in French Museum

Jars and test tubes containing the remains of Holocaust victims were found in a museum of forensic science at the University of Strasbourg, Associated Press journalist Lori Hinnant reports. The finding consists of human tissue specimens taken from Jews murdered in a gas camera. The people were used for Nazi medical experiments before their deaths. 

23.07.2015

The Last Pre-War Jew of Drohobych Became an Honorary Citizen of the Town after His Death

Drohobych Town Council titled a former prisoner of German concentration camps Alfred Schreyer as an honorary citizen of the town after his death. The resolution was passed on July 22, news agency ‘ZIK’ reports. 

21.07.2015

Mitsubishi Publicly Apologizes to American Prisoners of War

Japanese Mitsubishi Materials Corp. apologized to American prisoners of the WWII for using their forced labor in its mines. The ceremony was carried out at Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in Los-Angeles (the USA) on July 19. 

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