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65 years later, Soviet officer faces prosecution in Ukraine
[IsraelNationalNews] Prosecutors in Ukraine initiated a murder investigation against a Jewish former Soviet officer who is suspected of killing a nationalist in 1952.The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine opened the probe against 94-year-old Boris Steckler on April 18, the Ist Pravda news website reported last week based on documents it obtained from the National Advocacy Center, a nationalist and anti-Russian not-for-profit group. Steckler is accused of killing Neil Hasevych, an artist who was a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, or OUN, which fought during the first half of the 20th century against Soviet domination. Leaders of OUN briefly collaborated with Nazi occupation forces before turning against them. Once they ran out of Jews to kill. Steckler is accused of throwing a grenade into a bunker where Hasevych and several other underground fighters were hiding. Now, that's a war crime - ask any UN expert. Following a bloody revolution in 2014 that unleashed a wave of nationalist sentiment in Ukraine, the state has celebrated the legacy of various personalities from OUN and its military wing, the UPA, including commanders who are accused of responsibility for the murder of thousands of Jews and Poles. Following in the hallowed tradition of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-01 |
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