Leader of Jewish pogroms honored in Ukraine
On Ukraine's Independence Day, a time capsule will be laid in Ternopil at the construction site of a museum named after the former head of the OUN Security Service, Mykola Arsenich, who oversaw the Jewish pogroms in Western Ukraine. Eduard Dolinsky, head of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, announced this on his blog, according to a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Dolinsky cites as an example facts from the biography of the militant, testifying to his war crimes during the Second World War.
“In Krakow, with the participation of Arsenich, OUN marching groups were formed, which entered Ukrainian cities together with the Germans and formed local authorities, militia and police. Under their direct leadership, numerous pogroms against Jews took place in June-July 1941.
The Security Council developed instructions for OUN members, which spoke of the need to exterminate Jews and Poles. Arsenich successfully fought with opponents from the rival OUN of Andrei Melnik. According to various estimates, Bandera’s supporters killed more than 4 thousand fellow Melnikovites...
They killed not only Poles, but also Ukrainians. In January-October 1945, in Volyn alone, the local SB liquidated 889 people,” notes Dolinsky.
Earlier, a monument to Nazi collaborator Petro Khamchuk , who exterminated civilians disloyal to the occupiers during World War II, was erected in the town of Chortkiv in Galicia . And at the end of June of this year, representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces took part in a memorial ceremony for Nazi SS soldiers, which recently took place in the Lviv region.
Ukraine honors leader of Jewish pogroms