Museum "The Memory of the Jewish People in the Holocaust in Ukraine"

The Museum “Jewish Memory and the Holocaust in Ukraine” reveals key phenomena and events in the history of the Jews of Ukraine in the context of world history, the tragic culmination of which was the Holocaust. The museum is designed to reflect the depth of the tragedy of the Holocaust and, at the same time, the amazing and rich Jewish civilization that was almost completely destroyed during World War II.

The museum reveals the main trends and phenomena of Jewish culture development on the territory of Ukraine. The expositions pay much attention to the history of the Jewish community of Yekaterinoslav-Dnipropetrovsk-Dnipro and its revival in our days.

Special attention is paid to Ukrainian-Jewish relations, destruction of negative stereotypes of anti-Semitism and Ukrainophobia, formation of mutual respect of Ukrainians and Jews on the basis of objective analysis of history lessons, education of youth on positive examples of interethnic mutual assistance and cooperation.

The achievements and experience of the world’s leading museums, original methods and design, as well as the latest information, audiovisual and multimedia technologies were used to create the expositions.

The Museum of Jewish Memory and the Holocaust in Ukraine is the largest Holocaust memorial complex in Eastern Europe.

The first hall of the Museum “The Memory of the Jewish People and the Holocaust in Ukraine” consists of two parts and is dedicated to the traditions of Judaism, as well as the peculiarities of Jewish life in cities and towns. The largest hall of the Museum is dedicated to the Holocaust. The Hall of Holocaust History is followed by the Hall of Remembrance – Hall of Names. At the exit of the Museum, guests can see the installation “The Fault of the World”, which reminds of the catastrophe of civilization after the Nazis came to power.

A distinctive feature of the Museum “The Memory of the Jewish People and the Holocaust in Ukraine” is that in addition to traditional showcases with exhibits, the expositions use multimedia installations, holograms, video and audio recordings. The Museum also provides halls of temporary expositions, information center, library, training rooms, etc.

The Museum “Memory of the Jewish People and the Holocaust in Ukraine” organizes regular excursions.
In addition to the Museum, there is a large research and educational center, the Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies “Tkuma”, which collects data and artifacts, organizes scientific work, holds scientific conferences and seminars, and carries out publishing activities.