On April 19, 2023 the Department of History, School of Arts and Humanities, the University of Georgia organized special event  "Remembering Together”  to mark the 80^th anniversary Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and Yom HaShoah (Holocaust).

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the republic of Poland to Georgia , HE Mariusz  Maszkiewicz,  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Georgia , HE Hadas Ester Meitzad, UG students and professors, high school students (#89, and UG school, Tbilisi), representatives of Israeli House participated in this event.

Welcoming remarks were done by:  Konstantin Topuria –Rector, the University of Georgia, and

Giuli Alasani – President, the university of Georgia.  HE Mariusz  Maszkiewicz,  and HE Hadas Ester Meitzad discussed on: martyrs and heroes of Warsaw Ghetto. HE Hadas Ester Meitzad in her speech quoted the Jewish-Polish Poet Wladyslaw Szlengel , who describes the horrors of the daily life in Ghetto right before the Upraise. HE Hadas Ester Meitzad underlined: “As an obligation to tell the stories and educate our children is now passing to a new generation, events such as today carry a lot of importance, and we will continue our cooperation with the Ministries and Universities of Georgia about Holocaust Education”.

BA and MA students of history department presented heroes of Warsaw Ghetto: Ana Muziashvili- Marek Edelman – “The  man with  yellow daffodil” ; Tekle Qvartskhava - Emanuel Ringelblum –“The man who gave his life to save the history of Polish Jews”; Mariam Khoshtaria – “Warsaw Ghetto Uprising”.

Second part of this event was dedicated to  Yom HaShoah,  Day of the Remembrance of the Holocaust and Heroism: ambassadors and students lighted 6 candles in memory of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, and read the names of the men, women, and children killed during the Holocaust, and listened music: Ani Ma’amin (‘I Believe’; Sung by religious Jews during the Holocaust, the text to “Ani Ma’amin” was adapted from the “Thirteen Fundamental Principles”  of the Jewish Faith”  by the medieval philosopher Maimonides. An affirmation of unwavering faith through great adversity, the hymn has become a mainstay of commemoration ceremonies worldwide).

At the end, there was discussion between students and ambassadors.