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The Virtual Museum was presented online in Bonn
20 November 2025On 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 Cultural Institutions of Expellees in Dialogue with the Federal Government, Federal States, and the…
The Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans was presented in Odesa
19 November 2025On 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 event brought together leaders of German community organizations in Ukraine, for whom the…
Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans: Presentation in Odesa
11 November 2025The Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans will be presented in Odesa on November 14 at 4:00 PM (Gagarinn Hotel, 5B Arkadiyske Plato).
The Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans has been presented in Munich
29 October 2025On 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 three Ukrainian photographers — Herman Krieger, Dmytro Kolosov, and Oleksandr Malion. The pictures…
Presentation of the “Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans”: Welcome Speech by Dr. Petra Loibl
28 October 2025Video 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” and the opening of the photo exhibition dedicated to the architectural heritage of Germans in Ukraine,…
Photographer Dmytro Kolosow: In the footsteps of German cultural heritage
27 October 2025We 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 they adapted, and eventually, how they disappeared from this land.
Photographer Herman Krieger: Preserving the cultural heritage of the Black Sea Germans
27 October 2025My 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.
Local historian Elvira Plesska about the cultural heritage of the Black Sea Germans
27 October 2025Dear 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.
Interview with Yurii Sliusar, Executive Director of the Museum “Steppe Ukraine”
27 October 2025First of all, on behalf of the staff and the management of the Odesa Regional History Museum, I would like to extend my warm greetings to all who support the project Virtual Museum of the Black Sea Germans — to those who conceived this idea, to those who are bringing it to life, and to all its…
Exhibition of the Family Collection of Angelina Schardt — Art with Deep Roots
24 October 2025We invite you to explore the unique exhibition of the family collection of Angelina Schardt — a representative of the ethnic German community in Ukraine and President of the Association of Germans in Ukraine.
Shades of Ukraine — Angelina Schardt
24 October 2025Within its project “Shades of Ukraine,” Suspilne TV has produced a feature about Angelina Schardt, President of the Association of Germans in Ukraine.
