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'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism|fascist]], [[Nationalism|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians. | '''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism|fascist]], [[Nationalism|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians. | ||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in the village of Staryi Uhryniv, located in the eastern part of Galicia, the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire. He was involved in the nationalist movement from a very early age. He joined the UVO, a precursor to the OUN, in 1927, shortly before moving Lvov. The OUN was established in 1929, which the UVO merged into. Bandera became active in the nationalist movement, being arrested many times by Polish authorities until the Nazi invasion of [[Republic of Poland (1918–1939)|Poland]]. | Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in the village of Staryi Uhryniv, located in the eastern part of Galicia, the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire. During World War 1 the region was a battleground between Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire. Political partisanship was polarised between russophile Pan-Slavism and Austroslavism, which made fighting on this front a de-facto regional Civil War that resulted in physical extermination of the local russophile movement. This in combination with the polish recolonisation of the region as part of their phyrric victory in the Polish-Soviet War set the context within which Bandera grew up. He was involved in the nationalist movement from a very early age. He joined the UVO, a precursor to the OUN, in 1927, shortly before moving Lvov. The OUN was established in 1929, which the UVO merged into. Bandera became active in the nationalist movement, being arrested many times by Polish authorities until the Nazi invasion of [[Republic of Poland (1918–1939)|Poland]]. | ||
When the Nazis invaded Poland, Bandera escaped from prison and continued to organize with other nationalists under the new Nazi government. While most Ukrainian nationalists at the time were not anti-semitic, Bandera was a pioneer. Bandera even petitioned the Nazi governor of Poland, Hanz Frank, to kill all the Jews and Poles in what he considered to be Ukrainian territories. | When the Nazis invaded Poland, Bandera escaped from prison and continued to organize with other nationalists under the new Nazi government. While most Ukrainian nationalists at the time were not anti-semitic, Bandera was a pioneer. Bandera even petitioned the Nazi governor of Poland, Hanz Frank, to kill all the Jews and Poles in what he considered to be Ukrainian territories. | ||