The place for the exhibition is symbolic: the former Horsens prison, which has now become a museum.
The full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation forced millions of Ukrainians to fight for their own national survival. Through personal stories, the exhibition shows how Russia is trying to turn Ukraine into a prison without bars – a space of war and systematic crimes. Ukrainians, with the support of the democratic world, are defending their freedom and European future. The exhibition tells about the war crimes of the Russian army and the lives of the Ukrainian civilians suffering from the actions of the invaders.
The ceremony was opened by the director of the Museum Horens, Karsten Merrald Sørensen. The War Museum team met him a year ago during the NEMO conference, which took place in Horsens.
Mayor Peter Sørensen thanked the Ukrainian people, who have been defending their country and all of Europe from Russian aggression for the fifth year.
Deputy Director General of the War Museum Dmytro Hainetdinov emphasised that the exhibition is a message against the normalisation of what Russia is doing: bombs hospitals and power plants, kidnaps, tortures and kills citizens of another country. He also introduced the Museum team, which put its hands and hearts into the project. Honourable mention was paid to museum designer Yeliz Edzhe Dzhoshkun, for whom this exhibition was the first international project.
Visitors have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the lives of ordinary people and better understand what they are experiencing due to the invasion: shelling, blackouts, violence by Russian troops under occupation. The exhibition faithfully represents lives in today’s Ukraine, and therefore leaves no-one indifferent.
The exhibition will run until September 30, 2027. All this time, it will tell the people of Denmark about the war in Ukraine.
We sincerely thank the Museum Horsens and the municipal community for the warm welcome, solidarity and support of our country at a crucial moment in Ukrainian and European history! 🇺🇦🇩🇰
Photo: Malte Bülow Photography
