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02/10/2026 13:31

“Unissued Diplomas” – Exhibition at State and University Library Bremen Honors Lives of Ukrainian Students Lost to War

Iria Sorge-Röder Hochschulkommunikation und -marketing
Universität Bremen

    From February 10 to March 15, the State and University Library Bremen (SuUB) will host the “Unissued Diplomas” exhibition at its central location at Universitätsboulevard. The exhibition can be visited during the library’s regular hours. Admission is free of charge.

    “Unissued Diplomas” is an international exhibition project dedicated to the memory of Ukrainian students whose lives were tragically cut short as a result of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The project documents and visualizes the individual life stories of these young people whose plans for the future, such as traveling, starting careers, and starting families, were abruptly and violently destroyed by the war. The exhibition aims to continuously remind the international public of the high price the Ukrainian people are paying in their daily struggle for freedom.

    Exhibition Has Already Toured More than 30 Countries on Five Continents

    Symbolic “unissued diplomas” represent 40 deceased students, some of whom were studying when the war began, while others interrupted their education to defend their homeland. The stories behind these diplomas vary in completeness. While some biographies have been comprehensively reconstructed, others remain fragmented as there are no survivors to pass on their stories.

    Since its inception in Ukraine in 2023, “Unissued Diplomas” has spread globally, traveling across five continents, and staged over 300 exhibitions in more than 30 countries. The project is sustained by an international team of over 100 young Ukrainians, united in their mission to preserve the legacies of those Ukrainian students killed.

    Lecture by Susanne Schattenberg on February 24

    As part of the exhibition, on February 24 – the anniversary of Russia’s invasion – Professor Susanne Schattenberg, Director of the Research Centre for Eastern European Studies at the University of Bremen, will deliver a public lecture. Her talk, “The Daily War Next Door: Ukraine in Its Fifth Year of Conflict,” will take place at 2 p.m. in Training Room 1 of the SuUB’s central building at Universitätsboulevard. Admission is free of charge.


    More information:

    https://www.unissueddiplomas.org
    Interview with Yuliia Kotvytska, student at the University of Bremen and member of the exhibition team


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