The Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History is deeply shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and strongly condemns this attack and Russia's aggressive behavior. We are gravely concerned about its impact on the life and welfare of the whole Ukrainian population.

The invasion is also an attack on the elementary values of freedom, democracy and self-determination, on which academic freedom and possibilities of academic cooperation are based. Especially through the Fellowship Program of our Center for Holocaust Studies, we have been able to make varied and fruitful academic exchange possible in the past few years. In particular, we are thinking of the Ukrainian researchers, who were guests at our Center in order to pursue their research projects:

• Viktoria Soloschenko
• Andrii Kudriachenko
• Marta Havryshko
• Mykola Borovyk
• Gelinada Grinchenko
• Olga Radchenko
• Viktoriya Sukovata
• Alexander Kruglov
• Yurii Radchenko

We are determined to continue and expand our cooperation with Ukrainian partners both on an institutional and individual basis in the future. Therefore we will make every effort to allow Ukrainian researchers who have successfully applied (and those who will successfully apply in the future) to take up their fellowships at our Center.