About us
We promote formation of inclusive memory culture in Ukraine
What do we do?
Main directions of our activity
How do we do this?
Forms of our work
Memorialization
We set up memorial signs dedicated to the history of non-dominant social groups. We also form an inclusive memorial space in Ukrainian cities.
Modern educational tools
We create modern educational tools for schools and universities for the study of multicultural history of Ukraine.
Non-formal education
We organize summer schools, workshops, trainings, and educational seminars on historical topics.
Academic studies
We organize academic conferences, round tables, prepare and publish scientific articles and monographs.
Commemoration
We introduce new commemorative practices in urban spaces. These practices are consistent with the mission and values of the organization.
Our values
What distinguishes us
Freedom
Tolerance
Understanding
Responsibility
Our team
Staff of the Center
Maksym Gon
Director of the Center,
Chairman of the Expert Council of the Center
Kateryna Popova
Chairperson of the Board of the Center,
member of the Expert Council of the Center
Nataliia Ivchyk
member of the Expert Council of the Center
Iryna Zakharchuk
member of the Expert Council of the Center
Inna Martynchuk
member of the Expert Council of the Center
Tetyana Vodotyka
member of the Expert Council of the Center
Viacheslav Dolid
member of the Supervisory Board of the Center
Volodymyr Zyl
member of the Supervisory Board of the Center
Dmytro Aladko
member of the Center,
expert in translation
Natalia Melnychuk
accounting support
Alla Hnatiuk
accounting support
Our achievements
What we are proud of
9
(since January 28, 2016)
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6
4
“How towns (do not) remember”
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Our Awards
Award NS-Dokumentationszentrum München
The NGO “Mnemonics” received a prestigious award from the NS-Dokumentationszentrum München 2022 for “the key role in educating society on the topic of Nazi crimes in Ukraine and the activities carried out since 2016, designed to foster a nuanced culture of memory free from political and propagandistic instrumentalization.”
The best book of the Rivne region
The victory of Maksym Gon’s work “Rowne: Outlines of a Vanished City” in the annual competition “The Best Book of the Rivne Region” in the nomination “Best Historical and Local History Publication”. This is recognition of the importance of research work in the field of historical local history.
Our activities
January 28, 2016
Creation of the NGO “Center for Studies of Memory Policy and Public History “Mnemonics” by the initiative group of Rivne historians – Maksym Gon, Petro Dolhanov, and Nataliia Ivchyk.
September 8, 2016
Presentation of the documentary about the Holocaust in Rivne “The Executed Town”. The film was made by NGO “Mnemonics” within the framework of the project “Revival of Multiculturalism in Rivne Memorial Space” with the support of Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Ukraine.
March 30-31, 2017
4th Nation-wide scientific and practical conference “Memory Policy in Theoretical and Practical Dimensions”.
August 7, 2017
Within the framework of the 1st Summer School “How Towns (do not) Remember”, NGO “Mnemonics” published a book by Maksym Gon, Petro Dolhanov and Nataliia Ivchyk about Rivne memorial space – “Town of Memory – Town of Oblivion: Palimpsests of Rivne Memorial Landscape”.
August 7-11, 2017
Summer school “How Towns (do not) Remember”
November 9, 2017
Publication of the book by Jeffrey Burds “Holocaust in Rivne: The Massacre at Sosonki Forest, November 1941”. The book was translated and published by NGO “Mnemonics” within the framework of the project “Responsibility for the Memory” with the support of Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Ukraine.
November 14, 2017
Release of the documentary animation “The Man with the Face” dedicated to the Righteous among the Nations Yakiv Sukhenko, who rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Rivne, and was killed by Nazis for that.
13 лютого 2018 року
Publication of the book by Petro Dolhanov “To Buy from Own People”
March 23, 2018
Publication of the book by Maksym Gon “Rowne: the Outlines of the Missing Town”, which is the first book on the history of the Jewish community in Rivne during the interwar period (1921-1939)
May 11-12, 2018
5td Nation-wide scientific and practical conference “Memory Policy in Theoretical and Practical Dimensions”
July 28, 2018
Installation of stumbling stones in Rivne dedicated to the victims of Nazism: Polish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka, Righteous among the Nations Yakiv Sukhenko, the Krulyks family, and priest Volodymyr Mysechko
August 6-10, 2018
2nd Summer school “How Towns (do not) Remember”
January 15, 2019
NGO “Mnemonics” presented a board game for high school students “The Missing Town” and a wall calendar “Multicultural Rivne”
March 5, 2019
Release of the documentary animation “Doomed: The History of Rivne Ghetto”
May 3-4, 2019
6th Nation-wide scientific and practical conference “Memory Policy in Theoretical and Practical Dimensions”
August 5-9, 2019
3rd Summer school “How Towns (do not) Remember”
December 13, 2019
Встановлення пам’ятного знаку жертвам рівненського гетто. Меморіальний знак побудовано з ініціативи ГО «Центр «Мнемоніка» у партнерстві із єврейською общиною Дюссельдорфу.
30 January 2021
Release of the documentary “Uprising of the Doomed” which tells the story of the 1942 Ghetto Uprising in the vilage of Tuczyn
16-21 August 2021
Summer school “(in)Visible publicity of women. History and Modernity” was the first summer school of “Mnemonics” dealing with the theme of gender visibility
September 1, 2021
The release of the podcast “MEMORY PATHS” about World War II in Volhynia with leading Ukrainian experts on various aspects of public life during World War II in Volhynia and in Ukraine as a whole.
January 2022
Presentation of the guide to the music of the Shoah “Cultural Memory of the Shoah: Musical Monuments to the Victims of Tragedy.”
November 20222
Adaptation into a graphic novel of the film “Return to Rivne: A History of the Holocaust” in partnership with the Centropa Institute.
August 20-22, 2023
Summer research school “Culture and Politics of Memory: From Idea to Change” in Rivne.
December 8-10, 2023
Winter Research School “Culture and Politics of Memory: From Idea to Change” in Lutsk, presentation of projects created by school participants.
Липень 2024 року
Start of the project “Sosenki: Crime and Memory”, creation of a digital museum.
November 2024
Opening of the exhibition “Holocaust in the Rivne Habitat” at the Rivne Regional Library.
18 березня 2025 року
The presentation of the audio film “Echo of Sosenki” as part of the project “Sosenki: Crime and Memory”.
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