UKRAINIANS DURING WORLD WAR II
Sunday, 1 July 2007 13:26![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gns_ua"It is my submission that there is no evidence that Ukrainians were in any general way the allies of Nazi Germany during World War II. Far from being the allies of Nazi Germany, Ukrainians found themselves in the unenviable position of having to battle both Nazi and Soviet repression.
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A brief review of the historical evidence is necessary in order to demonstrate that the Ukrainian nationalist organizations such as the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (the "OUN") and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (the "UPA") were not in any way allied with the Nazis. Indeed, they were enemies.
Ukraine is a nation of some 50 million people which has been forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union. After years of Czarist rule, the eastern part of Ukraine enjoyed a brief reign of independence before the brutal invasion of the Red Army. Under Soviet administration, Ukrainians were the victims of a brutal reign of terror. This reign has been characterized by deportations and mass murder on a scale equalled only by Hitler. It has been estimated that as many as ten million Ukrainians died in the course of the man-made famine decreed by Stalin in 1932-33.
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When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Ukrainian nationalists seized the opportunity to attempt to re-establish their independence. On June 30, 1941, the Bandera wing of the OUN proclaimed Ukrainian independence. However, the Nazis had other plans for Ukraine. Much of Ukraine was scheduled to be depopulated by the Nazis to make way for German settlers after the war. As Slavs, Ukrainians were considered to be sub-human "untermenschen". There is no need to dwell on this aspect of Nazi ideology which has been explained many times before.
The Germans reacted swiftly to the OUN declaration of independence. Bandera and the leaders of the OUN who could be found were quickly arrested. The rest of the OUN was forced underground. An effort by the Melnyk wing of the OUN to establish a government in Kiev later that year was also suppressed by the Gestapo with many of its leaders meeting their fate in mass executions at Babi Yar. Western Ukraine was incorporated into the General Government established for Poland. A secret directive to the Einsatzkommando S-5 on November 25, 1941 ordered the liquidation of the Bandera movement of the OUN.
In 1942, the UPA was formed as the military arm of the OUN under the leadership of Roman Shukhevych. The principal enemy of Ukrainians at that time was the Nazi German occupier. The Russian Front was hundreds of miles away at that point.
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[...]
A brief review of the historical evidence is necessary in order to demonstrate that the Ukrainian nationalist organizations such as the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (the "OUN") and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (the "UPA") were not in any way allied with the Nazis. Indeed, they were enemies.
Ukraine is a nation of some 50 million people which has been forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union. After years of Czarist rule, the eastern part of Ukraine enjoyed a brief reign of independence before the brutal invasion of the Red Army. Under Soviet administration, Ukrainians were the victims of a brutal reign of terror. This reign has been characterized by deportations and mass murder on a scale equalled only by Hitler. It has been estimated that as many as ten million Ukrainians died in the course of the man-made famine decreed by Stalin in 1932-33.
[...]
When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Ukrainian nationalists seized the opportunity to attempt to re-establish their independence. On June 30, 1941, the Bandera wing of the OUN proclaimed Ukrainian independence. However, the Nazis had other plans for Ukraine. Much of Ukraine was scheduled to be depopulated by the Nazis to make way for German settlers after the war. As Slavs, Ukrainians were considered to be sub-human "untermenschen". There is no need to dwell on this aspect of Nazi ideology which has been explained many times before.
The Germans reacted swiftly to the OUN declaration of independence. Bandera and the leaders of the OUN who could be found were quickly arrested. The rest of the OUN was forced underground. An effort by the Melnyk wing of the OUN to establish a government in Kiev later that year was also suppressed by the Gestapo with many of its leaders meeting their fate in mass executions at Babi Yar. Western Ukraine was incorporated into the General Government established for Poland. A secret directive to the Einsatzkommando S-5 on November 25, 1941 ordered the liquidation of the Bandera movement of the OUN.
In 1942, the UPA was formed as the military arm of the OUN under the leadership of Roman Shukhevych. The principal enemy of Ukrainians at that time was the Nazi German occupier. The Russian Front was hundreds of miles away at that point.
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