The Zajezdnia History Centre is hosting a display of paintings by contemporary artists focusing on the Ukrainian famine of 1932 and 1933.
Known as the Holomodor-Genocide, the famine was masterminded by the Stalinist regime to exterminate the Ukrainian people.
The Zajezdnia venue has also mounted an exhibition of 30 posters under the theme “A Tribunal for Russia,” while an open-air exhibition in the centre of Wrocław brings together a collection of photographs from the battlefields of Ukraine under the title “Images of War.”
In his remarks at the opening ceremony, the director of the Zajezdnia History Centre, Andrzej Jerie, said that the exhibitions, which mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion against Ukraine, aim to draw the public’s attention to "the importance of historical memory.”
He added: "Here in Poland, we remember all too well the brutally crushed uprisings, the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939, the 1940 Katyn Massacre of Polish officers, the deportations of Poles into Siberia and the nightmare of the Stalinist regime after WWII. But people in Europe and the world at large do not know, and do not want to know, about all this.”
The exhibitions have been organized jointly with Ukraine’s Consulate General in Wrocław. Consul Jurij Tokar said at the opening that Ukraine is in a position to defend its independence and freedom.
“This can be achieved thanks to our partners – the United States, Europe and primarily Poland," he added. "I will never stop saying how much we owe to Poland."
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