Odessa Holocaust Research Center

Public organization
«Odessa Holocaust Research Center» -

the first national center for the study of the history of the Holocaust in Ukraine, which studies the genocide in the Romanian occupation zone during World War II and works with universities, research and scientific and educational institutions of Ukraine and other countries.

Our mission is, first of all, to provide an opportunity to find answers to complex questions, to go from knowledge to understanding the inevitability of punishment for the crime of genocide, to create a platform for dialogue with an interactive educational tool, to form critical thinking and an active civic position and to educate the younger generation, forming an awareness of the need to preserve the Ukrainian state as one of the main ways of protection against genocide.

The main areas of the Center's work are scientific, cultural, educational, and volunteer.

Team information

Chairman of the Board Kozlenko Pavlo Yukhymovych is a Ukrainian public figure, historian, lawyer, candidate of philosophical sciences, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, specialist in the study of the Holocaust and Jewish heritage in the territory of the Romanian occupation zone of Ukraine during the Second World War.

Author of the concept (2009) and creator of the exposition of the Holocaust Museum in Odessa. Director of the Holocaust Museum from 2010 to 2023, vice-president of the Charitable Foundation "In Memory of Victims of Nazism" (2011-2022), elected member of the Public Council of the State Archive of the Odessa Region, the Public Council of the Odessa Regional State Administration of 2 convocations.

Author of books and exhibitions dedicated to the history of the Holocaust, participant in ethnographic expeditions to former places of compact residence of Jews in the South of Ukraine. Member of the Coordination Council of the VAAD of Ukraine, member of the Ukrainian Association of International Law. Acts as an official opponent during the defense of dissertations, member of the jury of the city competition of the Department of Science and Education of the Odessa City Council for the professional skills of teachers "Tolerance — lessons of the Holocaust".

Member of the editorial board of the newspaper "Dobroe delo". Advisor to the Chief Rabbi of Odessa and Southern Ukraine A. Wolf on issues of culture and preservation of the memory of the Holocaust. Responsible for the strategic development of the Center.

Deputy Chairman of the Board Shvets Sofia Davydivna - head of cultural and educational projects, teacher at the Center for Children and Youth Creativity "Dyvosvit".

Board member Korotkyy Timur Robertovich – advisor to the president of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society on international humanitarian law, expert of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), leading researcher of the State Scientific Institution "Institute of Information, Security and Law of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine", candidate of legal sciences, associate professor.

Board Member Anna Vyshnyakova – Lawyer in the field of international criminal law, Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group

Board member Portyanko Vitaliy Petrovych – a participant in hostilities, responsible for security.

Organization members Sabulis Viktor Frantsevich – a former prisoner of the Slobodsky ghetto (Odesa, Ukraine).

Board members Kapuka Yevhen Georgiyovych – a decorator, a master of creating models of historical events. Multiple winner of prizes and Grand Prix at Ukrainian and international exhibitions and competitions.

Members of the organization Roytbak Izya – former prisoner of the Chechelnik ghetto (New York, USA).

Members of the organization Kris Edik – former prisoner of the Baltic ghetto (New York, USA).

Members of the organization Gerstein Mikhail – documentary filmmaker, producer (Rochester, USA).

Members of the Board Nataliya Hendel – researcher at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, candidate of legal sciences, associate professor.

Members of the organization Daniel Kozlenko – President of the Lyceum Student Government, Chairman of the Parliament of High School Students of the Primorsky District of Odesa, delegate of the Youth Council under the Odessa Mayor.

Members of the organization Olexandr Lysenko – head of the academic group of the Faculty of Judicial and International Law and member of the Student Council of the National University "Odesa Law Academy".

Members of the organization Bilovol Victoria - tour guide of the genocide museum "Territory of Memory".

Contact information

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Memory Places

Museum

A cultural and historical location designed to convey the truth about the crimes of genocide, "committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group," and to provide an opportunity to see the consequences of these terrible crimes in all regions and on all continents.

Library

"Books are the depths of the sea: whoever dives into them to the bottom, even though he has had enough work, brings out strange pearls" I. Franko

General Partner

The main task of the Foundation is to carry out charitable activities in the interests of society, which contribute to the preservation of historical and spiritual heritage, the development of the cultural and educational potential of Ukraine, the formation of value orientations in youth, the strengthening and development of international partnerships, and the expansion of interethnic cultural ties.

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