In Ivano-Frankivsk they sang and danced, remembering the executed nationalists (VIDEO)
Ivano-Frankivsk, November 17 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Ivano-Frankivsk they remembered the nationalists executed in 1943.
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Near the monument to those executed under the Jewish synagogue, where the Germans shot 27 Ukrainian nationalists, a memorial service was held with the participation of the clergy, representatives of regional and city authorities, public and political organizations, students and concerned city residents.
Participants in the event recalled that on November 14, 1943, during Yaroslav Barnich’s operetta “Sharika” at the Ukrainian Theater. Ivan Franko in Stanislav, the Gestapo burst in and arrested more than 140 spectators, among whom were the leaders of the OUN and UPA. And on November 17, the Germans shot 27 Ukrainian patriots in a Jewish synagogue. Now a monument has been erected on this site, and the street is called Executed Nationalists.
Actors of the Ivan Franko Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater showed an excerpt from this operetta before the funeral service. Thematic events are also held in the city’s schools, Firtka.if reports.
Ivano-Frankivsk Sings and Dances in Memory of Executed Nationalists (VIDEO )