Mezi Hitlerem a Stalinem - Banderovci – Gogun Alexander (2024)

Ukrainian nationalists, known as "Banderites," who fought for Ukrainian independence and the unification of national territories into one state, remain a hot topic that continues to stir passions. Some consider them legitimate freedom fighters, defending their rightful claims to independence with arms in hand, while others perceive them almost as extremist chauvinists, even terrorists, who did not hesitate to ally with the devil in pursuing their grand dream of building a Greater Ukraine and stopped at nothing. Prominent St. Petersburg historian Alexander Gogun, currently at the Free University of Berlin, in his book with the telling title "Between Hitler and Stalin," based on archival documents, interviews with participants in the events, memoirs, and other often unpublished sources, maps the circumstances of the birth, development, goals, and means, as well as the ideological transformations of Ukrainian nationalism from its beginnings to the second half of the twentieth century, adhering methodologically to the principle of "to each their own." He thoroughly addresses the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its military branch formed during World War II, namely the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, ambivalently...