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'They Defended Ukraine' : The 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Galizische Nr. 1) Revisited

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

In recent years there has been an increased interest in the legacy of the Fourteenth Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS, known as the Waffen-SS Galizien, a Ukrainian volunteer formation formed in 1943. In Ukrainian ultra-nationalist mythology the unit is depicted as freedom fighters who fought for an independent Ukraine, its collaboration with Nazi Germany dismissed as “Soviet propaganda.” There is a widening gulf between the myth and the picture that emerges from the archival materials. This article revisits the history of the unit, with a particular focus on aspects of its history which the myth makers omit or deny: its ideological foundations, its allegiance to Adolf Hitler, and the involvement of units associated with the division in atrocities against civilians in 1944.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2012

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

329-368

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Slavic Military Studies

Volym

25

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Routledge

Ämne

  • History

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1351-8046