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Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk) was one of the most important Jewish centres in the Russian Empire during the 19th century. In the 20th century, the Jewish community was decimated; in the mid-1980s, it seemed to be close to dying out; since the 1990s, however, it has experienced an unexpected renaissance. Under the leadership of the Chabad movement led by Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetsky and funded by private benefactors, Jewish life is once again flourishing. Not only do new monuments bear witness to this fact, so do schools, reopened synagogues, and, most prominently, the recently dedicated Menorah, the "largest Jewish centre in the world". However, in general representations of the city's history, Jewish history is barely present. Adapted from the source document.

Over 2.5 million veterans of the Second World War are still living in Ukraine. Among them, however, are only several thousand frontline soldiers. The war remains a central element of society's historical identity. The dissolution of the Soviet Union also led to the dissolution of the monolithic image of the war. In Ukraine, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its fighters came into view. Today, Soviet veterans and UPA brotherhoods compete for recognition and privileges. What these veterans have in common is that they do not see themselves as victims and are bound to the propagandistic rhetoric of the war. The fate of the forced labourers, the Holocaust victims, and the prisoners of war is hardly present anymore. Officially, Ukraine presents itself as the victim of two totalitarian regimes. Adapted from the source document.

Kleinmann, Yvonne: Städtische Gemeinschaft : Christen und Juden im frühneuzeitlichen Rzeszów. - S. 3-23