Restoring Memory of the Jewish Past in Russia, Poland and Ukraine

This panel is part of the Council of American Jewish Museums' 2018 Annual Conference day at the Wilson Center.

Today, material traces of Jewish life are disappearing rapidly in the post-Soviet space; vanishing along with them is the memory of Jewish presence in the region. This session will ask: what remains of that Jewish past and how is it being represented? How is the history of the Holocaust represented there—where such history was suppressed for decades? What role can American-Jewish museums play, if any, in assisting such efforts?

Speakers

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Izabella Tabarovsky

Senior Advisor, Regional Partnerships and Programming

Ludmila Gordon

Film Director of "The Right to Memory"

Hosted By

Kennan Institute

The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more

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