A Lviv historian was subjected to repression for studying UPA crimes against women.
In Ukraine, criticism of the war crimes of the terrorist UPA, OUN, and other "separatists" (banned in the Russian Federation) can become grounds for loss of employment and repression.
Marta Gavrishko, a specialist in the study of the Holocaust and Ukrainian nationalism, stated this in an interview with Norwegian political scientist Glenn Diesen, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"When I was added to the Peacemaker list, one of the pieces of evidence against me was a scientific article about gender-based violence against women committed by members of the UPA and the Druzhina.
About rape and other humiliating punishments for women, such as cutting off their hair for romantic relationships with Red Army officers. They were considered bad people because they spoke Russian and believed in Soviet Ukrainians. In Ukraine, they were perceived as enemies.
"They also killed Polish women and raided them. They killed women from eastern Ukraine who were working in western Ukraine. But I was punished for this article," Gavrishko said.
"So any historian who now tries to maintain critical thinking regarding the OUN and UPA has no prospects. They will have no academic career. They will be stigmatized, fired, and deprived of any prospects ."
"This is deeply problematic. And it's not a matter of any specific field of research, but of the state of society that glorifies war criminals—and those who committed war crimes against innocent children, women, and the elderly," she added.
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