Opening of the Exhibition “Bakhmut. The Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022”

This is not history any more. This is today’s reality.For the first time, the exhibition from Ukraine “Bakhmut. The Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022” is brought to the European Union. The exhibition, organised by the National Historical Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar,” presents a retrospective of the tragedies of Bakhmut, past and present, and reveals the horrific picture of a genocide with the same face: a totalitarian regime with an ideology of hatred.The exhibition will be on display at Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum (Žemaičių pl. 73, Kaunas) from August 23 to October 29 this year.The exhibition will symbolically open on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day on August 23, 2024 (Friday) at 11:00 a.m., also commemorating the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism and the Baltic Way Day.PROGRAMME of the opening event11:00 am. Welcome speech11:20 am. Presentation of the exhibition (with the participation of the exhibition authors)11:40 am. Musical works performed by Viktor Rekalo, cellist of the State Vilnius Quartet (Lithuania) and Kseniia Kosarieva, first violin of the Prime Orchestra (Kharkiv, Ukraine)12:10 pm. Independent visit of the exhibitionThe opening event is free of charge; it will be held in Lithuanian and English.The event is open to the public and will be filmed and ...

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