Re: [Cz-L] Ukrainian OUN.memorial

A member of a Bande is a Bandit.
  A Bandit has onely one meaning.
   A robber.
Hardy

----- Original Message -----
From: "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
To: "'Miriam Taylor'" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>; "'Jerry Eshet'"
<eshet1_at_netvision.net.il>; "'HARDY BREIER'" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>;
"'CZERNOWITZ-L'" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 12:27 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Ukrainian OUN.memorial

> Hi! The German word "bande" basically means a group...the connotation
> depends on the context!! And a unit of the Banderovtsi attacked the Czech
> armoured train on which my mother and I left Czernowitz. Cornel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-111074224-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-111074224-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Miriam
> Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 2:53 PM
> To: Jerry Eshet; HARDY BREIER; CZERNOWITZ-L
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Ukrainian OUN.memorial
>
> Yes, we knew them as Banderovtsi, named after their leader; general
> Bandera.
> As a child I thought the name came from "Bande" meaning "band" and in
> German
> having a very negative connotation.
> Starting from the summer of 1944, after we had been liberated and hoped
> for
> peace,
> the Banderovtsi roamed the countryside and killed Jews wherever they found
> them.
> The Poles did the same thing; Jews returning from the concentration camps
> had to face the danger of being killed by their neighbors.
>
> Mimi

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