To mark the 85th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy, the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar”, together with Ukrainian and international partners, has prepared a programme of commemorative, cultural, educational and academic events.
28 September | 13:00
Roundtable Discussion “Babyn Yar: 85 Years On”
Initiated by the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience
Kyiv Hall
29 September | 12:00
Opening of the Exhibition “INVISIBLE. Roma Past and Present”
Organised in cooperation with the Youth Agency for Advocacy of Roma Culture “ARСA”, the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, and Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.
Winter Garden, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
29 September | 17:00
Interfaith Prayer Service in Commemoration of the Victims of Babyn Yar
Organised in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory and the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience.
National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar”
30 September | 18:00
Presentation of the New Ukrainian Edition of Anatolii Kuznetsov’s Novel Babyn Yar
Published by Fronesis, in cooperation with “General Chereshnia”, the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine and Ideas&Strategy communications group.
Readeat Bookstore
5 October | 16:00
Pilot Launch of the Digital Archive of the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar” and the Research Centre Ukraine / Max Weber Foundation
Hotel Ukraine
7 October | 14:00
Presentation and Discussion of the Book War and Occupation: Germany and Ukraine, 1939–1945
Hotel Ukraine
22 October | Online
Forum “Memory Under Occupation: Holocaust Museums in Wartime”
Organised in partnership with the Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes “Territory of Terror”.
Date to be announced
Presentation of the “Road of Memory” Audio Guide
Organised in cooperation with RememberUs.org and the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre, with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kyiv.
National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar”