In Memoriam. An eternal guelder rose on the grave of Dariya “Oda” Lebed, survivor of Ravensbrück KZ
“Shadows billow over me” Vasyl Stus Dariya’s elderly mother, Oleksandra Hnatkivska, stood in the row of prisoners during…
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World War II / WW2 / Second World War (1939-1945)
Ukrainians gradually move away from Soviet stereotypes regarding World War II – poll
What is it now for Ukrainians, World War II, or the Great Patriotic War? Do they mark Victory…
In the shadow of revised history: Kremlin’s war on remembrance continues
Attacking the local authorities in Prague, the pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets chose to ignore the historical facts, as they…
Ukraine is a major battleground for understanding WWII: historian Serhii Plokhii
This year, May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Just prior to…
The struggle for Carpatho-Ukraine (1938-1939), or how WWII started for Ukrainians
Why the history of Carpatho-Ukraine is important for contemporary Ukraine The Transcarpathian, or Zakarpattia region was isolated from…
Ravensbrück concentration camp hospital – factory of death
In July and August 1944, barrack no.12 was filled with women prisoners from Ukraine – hundreds of exhausted…
Facing Corona setback, Kremlin regroups forces on “memory front”
For the Russian leadership, the May celebration was of paramount importance. It was assumed that 2020 will see…
Roll call in Ravensbrück concentration camp for women
The night was coming to an end. Four a.m… and not enough sleep. Dozia (Teodoziya) Hayvas and I…
Ukrainian women in Nazi prisons & concentration camps
The year was 1943… Almost every inhabitant of Ukraine knew that Hitler’s Third Reich was losing the war.…
In their war on remembrance, Kremlin historians denigrate Poland to whitewash USSR
The participants of the talk suggest that Russia should insist that the war did not start 1 September…
Reminder to Russian MFA: Stalin repeatedly begged Churchill for second front & aid
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the landings at D-Day and the beginning of the Liberation of…
Soviet soldiers who were shot by their own people recalled
Hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers did not take Berlin because they died in battle against the Germans,…
Stalin’s NKVD and Hitler’s Gestapo cooperated closely even before Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Perhaps the only thing that outrages Russian defenders of Stalin more than the obvious parallels between his regime…
Because of Putin, 2019 will be a repeat of 1939, Muzhdabayev says
No one should be confused by the calendar, Crimean Tatar commentator Ayder Muzhdabayev says. The coming year will…
How Soviet troops destroyed downtown Kyiv and killed Kyivans in 1941
This 1941 photo documents a pile of ruins in the very center of Kyiv, which is now Maidan…
Ukrainian history gift to global history – Prof. Snyder
Historically, Ukraine is not exceptional, but it is “hyper typical” of major trends in the last 100 years,…
Soviets executed three times as many Red Army soldiers as Nazis executed German ones
Sometimes the driest of statistics throw a harsher light on reality than any longer discussion. According to official…
Remains of WW2 soldiers honoured & re-buried near Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast
“It’s very important…. and it’s very painful. These were our fathers and grandfathers. We should honour their memory…
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…
History as a weapon in Russia’s war on Ukraine
Instead, the Ukrainian independence struggle looks set to be airbrushed out of the Bolshevik spectacular, much as it…