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Am 24. Februar 2023 jährt sich der Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine. Dies nimmt die Rektorenkonferenz der deutschen Kunsthochschulen zum Anlass, eine Liste mit sämtlichen Hilfsangeboten der Kunsthochschulen für geflüchtete Menschen aus der Ukraine und anderen Herkunftsländern zu veröffentlichen.

On 24 February 2023, students at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will hold a rally on campus to commemorate the memorial of Russia's attack on Ukraine. In addition, an exhibition will be held on the weekend in the Main building.

In recent months, students at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar have built around 40 kitchens as part of the Bauhaus.Module »K70 – Küchen für Unterkünfte von Menschen auf der Flucht«. The kitchens are to be used in the apartments that the town of Weimar is making available to refugees from Ukraine.

On June 8 and 9, 2022, the traditional book sale took place in the University Library, where discarded titles of all subject areas could be purchased at reasonable prices. A total of 872 books were sold and 1,294 euros were raised. The proceeds will now be donated to the association »Blue Shield Germany«, which is committed to the protection of cultural assets in Ukraine.

In order to support the scientists and artists who have fled from Ukraine and those who have been affected by the Russian Federation in continuing their work, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is initially providing four fellowships, which will support researchers with up to 2,000 euros per month for a period of 12 months. Mentors from the individual faculties provide appropriate support.

The war in Ukraine is increasingly threatening cultural treasures of museums, archives and other cultural institutions, including in virtual space. The SUCHO project, short for »Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online«, aims to protect Ukraine's digital cultural heritage from hackers and is saving data such as historical city maps or patterns of Ukrainian traditional costumes from loss. Worldwide, 1,300 volunteers are helping on the Net - one of them is art historian Franziska Klemstein, who works at the Theory of Media Worlds professorship at the Faculty of Media.

The Presidium has placed a high priority on helping and supporting refugee students, academics and artists from Ukraine through appropriate means. The University has expressed unconditional solidarity with Ukraine and condemned Russia’s barbaric war of aggression. Since February 2022, a number of measures have been adopted to simplify admission.

The Language Center of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has compiled a range of information and institutions that offer language courses and advice on language courses for refugees from Ukraine. In the 2022 summer semester, students who have fled from Ukraine will be able to take part in the German courses offered by the Language Center free of charge. The offers on the page are updated continuously.