News
07.11.2011
Exhibition “Shoah by Bullets: Mass shootings of Jews in Ukraine 1941–1944” presented in Kharkiv: Fostering tolerance and commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy
The Victor Pinchuk Foundation, in partnership with the Alexander Feldman Foundation, Memorial de la Shoah, Yahad – In Unum and the Embassies of Israel, France, Germany and the United States, presents the exhibition “Shoah by Bullets: the Mass Shootings of Jews in Ukraine 1941-1944.”
Project will be presented at AVEC gallery (Kharkiv, 70 Sumska Street) from November 10 to December 17, 2011. Official opening will take place on November 10.
The exhibition, previously displayed in Paris, New York and Kiev. The project is showcased in Kharkiv for the first time. It seeks to promote tolerance and prevent discrimination by increasing public awareness and understanding, particularly among younger generations, of the history of the mass murder of Jews and other victims by Nazi soldiers in Ukraine. The exhibition is part of the official national program commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy.
The “Shoah by Bullets” is based on the work of French Catholic priest, Father Patrick Desbois, and his association, Yahad – In Unum, which conducts archival and field research and videotapes interviews with witnesses to the mass shootings in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Poland. To date, Yahad – In Unum teams have interviewed more than 2,000 witnesses to the massacres and identified the location of hundreds of mass graves, many previously unknown.
The exhibition was created by the Memorial de la Shoah and updated and adapted with the help of leading Ukrainian experts. It includes information on historical facts, video interviews, wartime documents, photographs of mass graves that have been discovered and objects documenting the history of the mass shootings – such as bullets and shell casings etc. An educational program created by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, USA and the Ukrainian Centre for Holocaust Studies will be carried out during the exhibition to involve, inform and engage Ukrainian pupils and students in a dialogue on the subject.
As part of the exhibition, there will be a presentation of the book “The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews” authored by Father Patric Desbois, translated for the first time into Ukrainian, with the financial support of the French Embassy. The book was published by the “Duh I Litera”.
The exhibition will be on show in the gallery AVEC (Kharkiv, 70 Sumska Street) from November 10 to December 17, 2011.
Open hours: every day from 10:00 to 23:00.
Admission is free.
