An Attempt to Teach Multiculturalism: Introducing the Holocaust into History Classes in post-Soviet Ukraine

This articles describes the collaboration of Ukrainian and international association in the efforts to introduce the Holocaust as a topic of study in the Ukrainian schools. The author reveals that the teaching of the history of anti-Semitism and the Shoah has been interpreted not simply as a part of history but as a way to teach students the value of tolerance and foster a multi-cultural society. This article stresses the important civic role played by the teaching of WWII in post-Soviet Ukraine.