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Ukraine Nationalist Rally — Activists of various nationalist parties carry torches and a portrait of Stepan Bandera during a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. The rally was organized to mark the birth anniversary of Stepan Bandera, founder of a rebel army that fought against the Soviet regime and who was assassinated in Germany in 1959. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian Nationalists Honor Nazi Collaborator

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January 5, 2022

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EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): Some of our readers may think that we exaggerate when we emphasize the alliance between the recently “autocephalous” OCU (led by Met. Epiphanius) and the nazis or nazi-collaborators of Western Ukraine… But this is very real and has caused international reactions – including of course from Israel… What a mess for Pat.Bartholomew to associate himself and the Patriarchate with such sub-human actors…

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Thousands march to honor WWII Nazi collaborator

Ukrainian nationalists paraded in torchlight procession in Kiev with portraits of Hitler ally

Ukrainian far-right ultra nationalists held a torchlight procession in Kiev on Saturday night, celebrating a controversial WWII-Nazi collaborator. Israeli diplomats said the march “insulted” the memory of the Holocaust.

The activists chanted “Glory” and “Our land” as they marked the birthday of Stepan Bandera, a former leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), which was aligned with Adolf Hitler’s Germany.

Some carried portraits and banners with images of the controversial figure and shouted “Bandera, come and restore order.” One person was filmed wielding what appeared to be a ceremonial sword.

The procession ended with a rally in front of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Israeli Embassy in Kiev condemned the procession. “The glorification of those who supported Nazi ideology, insults the memory of the victims of Holocaust in Ukraine,” diplomats said in a statement on Facebook, demanding that Kiev investigate “manifestations of anti-Semitism” during the march.

Bandera collaborated with the Nazi regime in Hitler’s war against the USSR, and his followers were responsible for massacres of Poles and Jews. In 1959, he was assassinated, in reprisal, by a Soviet agent in Munich, Germany.

Published at www.rt.com