The Virtual Museum was presented online in Bonn

On 15 November, an online presentation of the Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans took place in Bonn as part of the 6th conference “Cultural Institutions in Dialogue: Homeland Associations and…

20 November 2025

The Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans was presented in Odesa

On November 14 in Odesa, as part of a professional development programme for members of the Council of Germans of Ukraine, a presentation of the Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans was held. The…

19 November 2025

Presentation of the “Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans”: Welcome Speech by Dr. Lilia Antipow

6 November 2025

The Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans has been presented in Munich

On October 28, 2025, the Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans was unveiled at the HDO, accompanied by an exhibition featuring around fifty photographs from the project. The works were created by…

29 October 2025

Presentation of the “Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans”: Welcome Speech by Dr. Petra Loibl

Video Message from Dr. Petra Loibl, Commissioner of the Bavarian State Government for Resettlers and Expellees, on the occasion of the presentation of the “Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans”…

28 October 2025

Photographer Dmytro Kolosow: In the footsteps of German cultural heritage

We can now look at it all from the very beginning — as Ms. Elvira so wonderfully describes it — starting from 1804 or 1806. And we can trace the whole process: how they came here, how they lived, how…

27 October 2025

Photographer Herman Krieger: Preserving the cultural heritage of the Black Sea Germans

My name is Herman Krieger. I serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and am currently stationed near Kharkiv. I warmly welcome all visitors to the Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans.

27 October 2025

Local historian Elvira Plesska about the cultural heritage of the Black Sea Germans

Dear friends, Until 1991, we, the descendants of the Black Sea Germans, could hardly explain our origins. We did not truly understand where we came from.

27 October 2025