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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Russia Concerned About Attempts to Rehabilitate Nazi Criminals in Ukraine [+3 other relevant articles]

Russia Concerned About Attempts to Rehabilitate Nazi Criminals in Ukraine, Says Foreign Minister Lavrov

Russia is concerned about the situation in Ukraine, where attempts are made to rehabilitate Nazi criminals, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday in a preamble to the Foreign Ministry's report "Neo-Nazism - Dangerous Threat to Human Rights, Democracy and Supremacy of Law." ... "Unfortunately, the vaccine from the Nazi virus, developed at the Nuremberg tribunal, gradually weakens," Lavrov said. "This is, in particular, showing in a number of European countries. Nazi ideas and values are openly promoted, nationalist radicals are raising their heads. Special concern arises about the situation in Ukraine, where Nazi criminals are in fact rehabilitated. All this not only insults the memory of millions of victims, but also threatens fundamental principles of ensuring democracy and human rights," the foreign minister stressed.
Ukrainian Parliament Defines WWII Nationalist Insurgent Army as Independence Fighters

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, acknowledged on Thursday that the activity of OUN-UPA (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - Ukrainian Insurgent Army) was the fight for the country's independence. In the second reading on Thursday, the lawmakers adopted a law on the legal status and honoring the memory of participants of the fight for Ukraine's independence in the 20th century ... The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) is an ultra-right political organization in western Ukraine in the 1930's-50's of the last century ... The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists during World War II worked for German intelligence. In 1943, OUN organized the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), forming the backbone of the SS Division Galicia.
Ukrainians March 'In Honor' of WW2 Waffen SS Division

Hundreds took part in a march to mark the anniversary of the formation of the Ukrainian SS division, which fought for the Nazi's against the Soviet Union during World War II, in the city of Lvov in the western Ukraine. Around five hundred neo-Nazi supporters took to the streets in the center of the city on Sunday [in April 2014] to celebrate the creation of the 14th SS-Volunteer Division 'Galician' on April 28, 1943. Many of the participants wore embroidered national Ukrainian shirts and held SS Galician divisional insignias (a yellow lion and three crowns on a blue background) in their hands. The demonstrators made their way from the monument to the Ukrainian nationalist icon of Stepan Bandera, and to the local cemetery where a memorial to the Galician soldiers is erected.
Ukrainians, Estonians Volunteer For Service in SS Combat Units

In Kolomyya, Ukraine, young men join the SS division "Galicia" for combat in the pan-European struggle against Soviet Communism. In Estonia, new volunteers join Waffen SS units to defend their homeland and Europe. From World War II German newsreels, June 1943. German-language narration. Runtime: 2:00 mins.
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