Ukrainian Historians Reacted to the Draft Law of Navrotsky, Who Wants to Equate the Oun-Upa with Nazism,
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More than 40 representatives of the Ukrainian historical community reacted with a statement about the intentions of some political forces in Poland at the legislative level to condemn the activities of the UPA and OUN (b), equating it with the totalitarian regimes of Nazism and Communism.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Poland published an "open statement by representatives of the historical circles of Ukraine regarding the intentions of some Polish political forces to condemn the activities of the UPA and the OUN by law, equating them with the totalitarian regimes of Nazism and communism."
President Karol Nawrocki's legislative initiative regarding the genocidal OUN-UPA formations, collaborators with the German occupiers during World War II, has sparked a hysterical reaction from the Ukrainian side. As has been the case many times in the past, it attempts to construct a false symmetry between the Volhynian massacres and the Polish side's defensive and retaliatory actions.
Ukrainian historians have issued a statement criticizing President Karol Nawrocki's proposal to equate Banderism with Nazism.
The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory shares the position of Ukrainian historians and opposes the introduction by Polish President Karol Navrotsky of the draft law on criminal prosecution for the so-called “Bandera ideology” for consideration by the Polish Sejm. — Ukrinform.
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