»Die Krimtataren. Geschichte – Kultur – Politik« (Ukrainian Voices). Buchvorstellung von und mit Sarah Reinke

In the organizer's words:

Venue: Central Library in KAP 1, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 40210 Düsseldorf

A comprehensive account of Crimean Tatar history, a fascinating culture, political developments and the current situation has not yet been published in German. This book fills this gap beyond the daily news. It is a joint effort by a network of numerous authors and an editorial team, some of whom had to flee Crimea twice - first to mainland Ukraine and then on to the European Union. This book is a joint effort by Crimean Tatar, Ukrainian and German-speaking academics, artists and editors. It is also intended to show the unbroken will to live and the resistance of the Crimean Tatars even under the most adverse conditions.

Against the backdrop of the commemoration of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars under Stalin's dictatorship 80 years ago, the book also contributes to an understanding of the unique situation of this indigenous people of Crimea. However, it does not stand alone: hundreds of cross-references, a documentary film series and a new online media library of the Society for Threatened Peoples together with this book form a unique cross-media resource in German.

As part of the event series "Ukraine is here", Sarah Reinke will present her co-edited book "Die Krimtataren. History - Culture - Politics", which she co-edited.

Sarah Reinke studied history, Slavic and American studies at the universities of Freiburg, Göttingen and Kazan (Russian Federation). Since the beginning of 2022, she has been a team leader at the Society for Threatened Peoples e.V. in the field of human rights and responsible for the regions of Eastern Europe and CIS states. Her main topics are the situation of minorities in the CIS states (especially in the North Caucasus), the human rights situation in the Russian Federation and the situation of minorities in Ukraine - especially the Crimean Tatars, the Roma and other groups. It also deals with the war situation in Ukraine.

"Ukraine is here".

As a result of the brutal Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians are on the run, bringing their families, history, language and culture with them - which are little or not at all known in Western Europe. In the "Ukraine is here" series of events organized by the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus Foundation, the Karl Arnold Foundation, the Consulate General of Ukraine in Düsseldorf, the Association for the Promotion of the Düsseldorf-Czernowitz City Partnership and the Düsseldorf City Libraries - co-financed by the European Union - renowned Ukrainian authors, academics and cultural workers will have their say. They present the history, culture and language of Ukraine.