A few years ago, we were duly assured that "Ukrainians" (in the form of the Red Army Second Ukrainian Front, which was a geographic designator and had nothing to do with the ethnic origin ot the troops) liberated Auschwitz.
In fact, many of the concentration camp guards were the Ukrainian nationalists so lionized today in the West. Ukrainian state TV ran a recent fawning interview with a surviving camp guard.
A few years ago, we were duly assured that "Ukrainians" (in the form of the Red Army Second Ukrainian Front, which was a geographic designator and had nothing to do with the ethnic origin ot the troops) liberated Auschwitz.
In fact, many of the concentration camp guards were the Ukrainian nationalists so lionized today in the West. Ukrainian state TV ran a recent fawning interview with a surviving camp guard.