Remembering in Wartime – Memory in Transition. Ukrainian culture of remembrance in the context of the ongoing war.
How does the ongoing violence in Europe transform the way we view history? This event examines the impact of Russia’s war of aggression on contemporary Ukrainian culture of remembrance and on museum work relating to the Second World War. The focus is on current, socially driven forms of commemoration as well as the working conditions of sites of historical learning in times of war. We also draw parallels with Berlin’s landscape of remembrance and invite reflection on German and Ukrainian perspectives.
PROGRAMME
Welcome
Dr Silke Krohn, Head of Education and Outreach, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
Dr Kristiane Janeke, Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the German War Graves Commission
Dr Kateryna Rietz-Rakul, Director of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany
Keynote
Robin Wagener, Chair of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Group
Panel discussion
Dr Franziska Davies, Research Fellow, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History
Yurii Savchuk, Director General of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine during the Second World War, Kyiv
Dr Jörg Morré, Director of the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
Yevheniia Moliar, art historian, Technical University of Berlin
Moderated by: Dominik Tomenendal, Head of the Remembrance Culture and Networking Department, Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
The event will be followed by a small reception.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Admission: 5.30 pm
Languages: German and Ukrainian. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
FREE ADMISSION
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
A cooperation between the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V., the Ukrainian Institute in Germany and the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation.