Re: [Cz-L] General Bandera (Yemach shemo)

From: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:59:04 -0400
To: Bianca Rosenthal <brosenth_at_calpoly.edu>
Reply-To: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

Thank you Bianca for translating.

Best regards,

Mimi

On 11/3/12 12:01 AM, "Bianca Rosenthal" <brosenth_at_calpoly.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
> On the banners:OUN=Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
> UPA= Ukrainian Insurgent Army after
> the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine.
> Regional factors (EAST/West) Ukraine are the main determinants.
> At issue is the political rehabilitation of these organizations
> accused of terrorism and genocide in WWII.
> Another goal is to erect a monument to the leader of the brotherhood
> of OUN-UPA Stefan Bandera.
>
> The scroll behind Taras is the first written attestation of
> Tchernivtsi on October 8, 1408,
> at the time part of Moldavia., it is written in Ukrainian.
>
> Regards, Bianca
>
> On Nov 2, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Miriam Taylor wrote:
>
>> Taras Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet and painter.
>> Actually quite a good painter.
>> He came from a Serf family and if his statue has any political
>> connotation, it is anti-Russian.
>> I still do not read Cyrillic, therefore cannot read what is written
>> on the banners the people in the photograph are carrying,
>> Hardy, please help.
>>
>> In the photograph sent to us by Hardy, there are 10 people
>> participating
>> in this rally. Of these three are children. Obviously the Svoboda
>> party does
>> not have many supporters in Chernivtsi.
>> In the parliamentary elections in 2010, only 1.18% of Chernivtsi
>> voters
>> voted for Oleh Tyahnybok, the leader of the Svoboda party.
>> In the Ukraine as a whole, he got 1.43% of the vote.
>>
>> Let's hope that Hardy is wrong when he compares the Svoboda party's
>> growth to the Nazi party's in Germany.
>>
>> Shabbat Shalom,
>>
>> Mimi
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