• A New Project of the Museum

  • Hag Hanukkah sameakh!

  • Best wishes on the Rosh-ha-Shana!

  • Ukraine stand with Yuriy Dmitriev!

  • Bernard Raeder

Museum is closed for visiting until the 3rd of March

Dear friends! Due to extension of the repairs in the exhibition hall the museum is closed for visiting until the 3rd of March. We apologize for temporary inconveniences!

Shana Tova Umetukah!

Dear friends of our museum! Best wishes on the great Jewish holiday – Rosh-ha-Shana! Listening to shofar sounds we realize that one more Jewish year has passed. The sage Jewish tradition gives everyone a chance to stop, have a look back, analyze what has been done and get back on the right way. On these […]

Events dedicated to the commemoration of the Holocaust victims in Bukovyna

Dear visitors of our website, Major events dedicated to the commemoration of the Holocaust victims in Bukovyna will take place on 4-7 September in Chernivtsi. They were initiated by the German NGO “The Center for Liberal Modernity” (Berlin) and were supported by a number of German institutions and organizations including in particular The Federal Foreign […]

Four events in the western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi in September

The Berlin based think tank “Liberale Moderne” invites to four events in the western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi in September. The focus is on the memory of the atrocities committed during the Shoah on the soil of Ukraine. Gedenk­ver­an­stal­tun­gen für die Holo­caustop­fer in Czer­no­witz

Hag Pesach sameach!

Dear visitors of our website! A great Jewish holiday, Pesach, is coming! Pesach is the holiday of liberation, spring and renewal. It is celebrated on the occasion of the event which was the Rubicon in the history of Jewish people – exodus from Egypt slavery. At that time the spirit of freedom overcame all fears […]

Hag Purim Sameach!

Dear visitors of our website, We sincerely congratulate you on a joyful and loud Jewish holiday Purim!  May this holiday remind you about the events, depicted in the Megillat Esther, which are the evidence that loyalty and devotion to your people can overcome deceitfulness, hatred and intrigues.  May your hearts be filled with holiday mood […]

Happy Holidays!

Dear visitors of our website, the team of the Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovynian Jews congratulates you on a wonderful holiday season. May this magical time fill your heart and soul with happiness, joy and peace! May this blessed season be the start of a prosperous year and be full of […]

Hag Hanukkah sameach!

We congratulate you on a great Jewish holiday – Hanukkah! During this holiday lights are being kindled everywhere in the world. They don’t only represent the old tradition, connected with heroism of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Holy Temple, but they also symbolize the indomitable Jewish spirit, unswerving belief and true honor of […]

Children’s book about the Holocaust

As we have said, the other day in Chernivtsi held a presentation of an electronic version of the children’s book about the Holocaust with elements of the graphic novel “Blind man with death. Children’s stories about non-childish history”. The event was attended by the heroes of the book – witnesses of the Holocaust in Chernivtsi […]

“Hide and Seek with Death. Children Stories about Non-Children History”

The presentation of a digital version of the book, which includes elements of a graphic novel, about the Holocaust «Піжмурки зі смертю. Дитячі розповіді про недитячу історію» (Eng. “Hide and Seek with Death. Children Stories about Non-Children History” was held October, 19 in the Shevchenko Hall at the Chernivtsi National University. The book is based […]

Mobile exhibition “Learn to Remember”

Dear visitors of our website, The opening of the mobile exhibition “Learn to Remember” ( Ger. “Erinnerung Lernen”) will be held on 8th October 2018 at 15:00 in the Shevchenko Hall at the Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. The exhibition was prepared within the framework of a mutual German-Ukrainian project,the goal of the project lies […]

Rosh-ha-Shana sameach!

Dear visitors of our website, We all follow our own paths in life and we pass through hard, hopeful, disappointing but also very happy times. But on the upcoming holiday of Rosh-Ha-Shana we have the opportunity to come together, listen to the sound of the Shofar and think about what was and what will be. […]