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May. 4, 2021 5:50 PM
The head of a Ukrainian government body long known for its work rehabilitating the images of Holocaust collaborators condemned an ultranationalist march in memory of a Ukrainian SS unit last week, marking a small, if significant, change in Kyiv’s approach to the seamier aspects of its national history.
Around 300 people paraded through the Ukrainian capital last Wednesday to mark the 78th anniversary of the establishment of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, also known as the 1st Galician, a German unit implicated in crimes against humanity. Many of the division’s troops were members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), a group which is celebrated in contemporary Ukraine for its anti-Soviet activities.