From the Holocaust to Russian Bombing: The Story of Elvira Borts and Her Grandson – The Defender of Azovstal – How a Jewish Family in Mariupol (Ukraine) Survived Two Genocides + Video
“I survived the Holocaust and then under Russian bombs. The story is repeating itself. But Ukraine must survive.” Russia follows in the footsteps of the Nazis, destroying Ukrainians just as Hitler destroyed the Jews. “We thought this would not happen again. But Russia has proven that we were mistaken.” Elvira Borts’ story was shared at […]
An international conference “Memory of the Holocaust: Lessons from the Past for the Future” was held in Odessa
On October 21, 2026, an international conference “Memory of the Holocaust: Lessons from the Past for the Future” was held in Odessa. The event was dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the All-Ukrainian Association of Jews – former prisoners of ghettos and Nazi concentration camps. In the city, which is currently under Russian shelling, Holocaust […]
Two regimes, two names, one face: September 22 is the anniversary of the Soviet-Nazi parade in Brest in 1939 – which paved the way for the outbreak of World War II and the Holocaust
September 22, 1939 an event took place that they still try not to remember in Russia – a joint parade of Nazis and communists in Brest. It was a symbol of cooperation between two totalitarian regimes, which became a dark spot in the history of World War II. It is especially important to realize that […]
In Chernivtsi, a monument was erected to Traian Popovici, a Righteous Among the Nations, who saved almost 20,000 Jews: the story of a mayor honored by Ukraine, Israel, and Romania
In Ukrainian Chernivtsi in October 2026, the memory of Traian Popovici was honored — the Romanian mayor of the city, who in the fall of 1941 managed to save almost 20,000 Jews from deportation. On the 85th anniversary of the creation of the Chernivtsi ghetto, a bust was installed near the Holocaust victims’ memorial. While […]
A stamp was issued in Ukraine in honor of Rafal Lemkin, a Jewish scientist who defined the concept of “genocide” and who was the first to call the Holodomor “genocide of the Ukrainian people.”
Rafal Lemkin – an outstanding Jewish lawyer of Polish origin, author of the term “genocide”. Lemkin was one of the first to call the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people. He is the first specialist in international law who defined the crimes of the Stalinist communist regime against […]
Jews from Ukraine: Yura Lifshits. How a Kiev resident stopped a train heading to Auschwitz with just one pistol and saved more than a hundred prisoners
In our section “Jews from Ukraine,” we will tell the story of the heroic act of Yuri Lifshits, a Kyiv native who stopped the “death train” heading to Auschwitz and saved over 100 Jews. His story is an example of heroism and courage that continues to inspire people to fight against injustice. On April 19, […]
Soviet ban on memory: exhibition of unrealized memorial of Babi Yar from 1965 opens in Kyiv
“Returning our own past and dismantling the myths created by the Soviet authorities about the Holocaust is one of the strategic directions of the National Historical and Memorial Preserve Babyn Yar,” said its director, Roza Tapanova, in her opening speech. She emphasized that the 1965 competition was a hope for the community to honor the […]
For over 60 years, Jews have been asking to recognize Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky as Righteous Among the Nations – history
We remember Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky — a renowned Ukrainian, recognized as a savior of Jews both in the Jewish community of Ukraine and in Israel. However, he still does not hold the title of Righteous Among the Nations. The story of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is shared in our section “!! History and Facts” because his […]
A new edition of Kuznetsov’s ‘Babi Yar’ has been published in Ukrainian in Kyiv: the return of a book that Soviet censorship tried to rewrite
Rosa Tapanova on September 16, 2026, showed the finished copies of the book, wrote a preface to it, and explained why “Babi Yar” should take up more space in Ukrainian schools. The history of this text itself became part of the history of memory: a twelve-year-old witness to the occupation, Soviet censorship, a manuscript on […]
Ukrainian Yaroslava Levitskaya is the only Righteous Among the Nations who currently lives in Israel and was honored with a memorial sign during her lifetime
Haifa knows and honors a modest heroine — a native of Zolochiv (Lviv region, Ukraine). On February 12, 2025, she turned 90 years old. In the Righteous Among the Nations Garden in Haifa, where 20 memorial stones bear the names of those who saved Jews and once lived in the city, Yaroslava Levytska remains the […]
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