January, 27 is the International Day of
Commemoration in Memory of the Victims
of the Holocaust.
The WOA centre Dnipropetrovsk has invited an
American historian Dr. Paul A. Levine
from the Swedish Uppsala University to
present the book “Tell Ye Your Children”. The book written with a co-author
Stephane Bruchfeld tells about the Holocaust in Europe 1933-1945.The copy of
the book was signed by the author and donated to the WOA Centre.
The Ukrainian audience asked Dr. Levine many
questions about his research methods and other books about Holocaust. It turned
out that Dr. Levine is the author of another book: “Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest: Myth, History
and Holocaust “.
Paul Levine presents here for the first time
the true history of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the most-famous heroes of the
Holocaust. It is the first scholarly study of Wallenberg and Swedish diplomacy
in Budapest during the Holocaust which both utilizes and contextualizes those
Swedish diplomatic documents which best describe his historic mission. Analyzing
Wallenberg's own correspondence and reports, it provides a new insight into his
motives and background. The study explores and deconstructs the many myths
which have enveloped his morally important and heroic story. Together, the two
strands of the study explain what Wallenberg did to assist and save many
thousands of Jews in Budapest.
We hope to get this book as a gift from Dr.
Levin very soon.
Dr. Levine has Ukrainian roots and finds this
trip very sentimental. The WOA visitors recommended Dr. P.A. Levin numerous
places in Dnipropetrovsk where he can enrich his knowledge about Holocaust in
Ukraine.
The
number of visitors – 28 persons.
