On August 23, the IX Fort Museum in Kaunas opened the exhibition “Bakhmut. Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022”, which became an important event for the Lithuanian audience. Organized by the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar” with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP), this exposition is the first exhibition project of NIMZ “Babyn Yar” in the European Union.
The project was the result of six months of close cooperation between Ukrainian and Lithuanian experts. The exhibition aims to convey to the widest possible audience the tragedy of Bakhmut — both the Holocaust of 1942, when more than 3,000 civilians, mostly Jews, were killed in the city, and the deliberate destruction of the city by Russian troops in 2022-2023, which led to the destruction of the homes of more than 80,000 people.
The exhibition not only tells about the little-known events of the Holocaust in Bakhmut, but also draws parallels with war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. The exhibition presents unique documents and photographs from the funds of the Bakhmut Museum of Local Lore, illustrating the chronology of the events of 1942. An important place in the exposition is occupied by art installations that expand perception and convey the emotional impact of the tragedy.
The modern genocide is represented by footage from Bakhmut in chronological order through the eyes of Ukrainian war correspondents, members of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers — Konstantin and Vlada Liberov, Sergey Korovayny, Andriy Dubchak and Georgy Ivanchenko.
At the opening of the exhibition were distinguished guests: t.v.o. Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandiev (in online format), Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Simonas Kairis, Director of the Museum “IX Fort” Marius Pecyulis, Head of NIMZ “Babin Yar” Rosa Tapanova, Head of the Committee on Cultural Affairs tours of the Lithuanian Seimas Vytautas Yuozapaitis, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs of the Lithuanian Parliament Emanuelis Zingeris, curator of the project Maria Mizina and artist Mykhailo Alekseenko.
The exhibition “Bakhmut - the face of the genocide 1942/2022” will last until October 29, 2024.
Recall that the exposition, which tells about how a beautiful industrial city in Donetsk region became the site of two crimes of totalitarian regimes — with a difference of 80 years It was held for the first time in Kyiv.
Material created with support The Free Word Foundation.
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