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Nazi occupation
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The last hiding place place of Jews escaping Holocaust in Lviv unearthed
Historical background During World War II, millions of people were murdered by Nazis across Europe, including Jews, Poles,…
“Here I see God”: Omelian Kovch, the Ukrainian priest who saved hundreds of Jews & died in Majdanek concentration camp
On January 9, 1999, the Jewish Council of Ukraine proclaimed Omelian Kovch a “Righteous of Ukraine”. Until his…
May 14: Day of Remembrance of Ukrainians who saved Jews during World War II
As of January 1, 2020, 2,659 Ukrainians have been honoured by the State of Israel with the title…
Jewish survivors of Babi Yar Holocaust massacre recall events, reconstruct exact shooting location
[editorial]The massacre committed by the Nazis and local collaborators in the Babi Yar ravine on 29-30 September 1941,…
Prison on Lontskoho in Lviv: Ukraine’s museum of soviet horror
The building was constructed in 1889-1890 at the intersection of Sapiehy (today Stepana Bandery) and Kopernika Streets according…
The forgotten tragedy of Koryukivka: How the Nazis exterminated a town of 7,000 souls
In the French village of Oradour (June 1944), Nazis murdered 642 inhabitants; in the Czech village of Lidice…
Moscow completely restores and promotes Stalinist conception of WW2, Pavlova says
The Putin regime not only has completely restored the Stalinist conception of World War II but is promoting…
Putin reaffirms Stalinist version of origins of World War II, Pavlova says
No issue is as sensitive in Russian society as World War II, a conflict Russians call “The Great…
77 years ago, Nazi and Soviet forces celebrated their joint defeat of Poland
Many people forget that Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Third Reich were allies in the beginning of the World War II.…
Why did Stalin save the life of Hitler’s gauleiter in Ukraine who sent to graves 4 million people?
That the Soviets and the Nazis cooperated even before the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and that Stalin and Hitler were…
