"Nationalist-Ukrainian Struggle for Liberation". The Re-evaluation of the Second World War in Ukraine

As long as Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union, the symbols & rituals surrounding the myth of the Great Patriotic War determined commemoration of the war. Since independence, Ukrainian memory culture has changed. The Second World War may remain a central theme. But nationalist historians are...

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Published in:Osteuropa (Stuttgart) 2008-06, Vol.58 (6), p.167-186
Main Author: Jilge, Wilfried
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Collective Memory
Commemoration
Independence
Jews
Nationalism
Political History
Ukraine
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
War
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Summary:As long as Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union, the symbols & rituals surrounding the myth of the Great Patriotic War determined commemoration of the war. Since independence, Ukrainian memory culture has changed. The Second World War may remain a central theme. But nationalist historians are reinterpreting it from a nationalist-Ukrainian point of view. The underground struggle of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (DUN) & the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) is moving towards the centre of state history policy & public memory culture. DUN & UPA collaboration with the German occupying authorities & their involvement in the murder of Ukraine's Jews are largely taboo in public. The foundation of an identity und the consolidation of the nation will only succeed when these blank spots in the history of the nationalist movement have disappeared. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0030-6428