The Holocaust in Ukraine

The Holocaust in Ukraine: Mass Murder, Memory, and Moral Choices

Why did Ukraine become one of the central killing fields of the Holocaust?

This lecture explores the ideologically driven and systematic genocide of the Jews by Nazi Germany, focusing on how the Holocaust unfolded in Ukraine between 1941 and 1945. With over 1.5 million Jewish victims, Ukraine became one of the deadliest regions in all of Nazi-occupied Europe.

🔍 In this video:
– How the “Final Solution” was implemented in Ukraine
– Mass shootings by Einsatzgruppen and the “Holocaust by Bullets”
– Babyn Yar, Kamianets-Podilskyi, and hundreds of other massacre sites
– The Nazi division of Ukraine and variations in Holocaust policy (Germany, Romania, Hungary)
– Local collaboration, complicity, and courage: Who took part in the killings, and who resisted
– Stories of rescue and moral heroism — from Metropolitan Sheptytsky to Saida from Bakhchysarai

Discover how Ukraine’s Holocaust experience differed from that of Central Europe — and how acts of violence and humanity shaped collective memory for generations.

📚 This lecture is part of the course Ukraine: The (Un)finished Second World War — exploring Ukraine in WWII, global conflict, historical narratives, and modern “memory wars” over the “Ukrainian question.” The full course with additional teaching materials and tests is available here:
https://www.udemy.com/course/ukraine-the-unfinished-second-world-war/?srsltid=AfmBOoqrwFcB17zFLVFpLttL_IT942c4rpfa5Anar_RlF9a6XQG2vzjx.

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