Dmytro Dontsov
Dmytro Dontsov (1883–1973)[1]
From the beginning of the Second World War with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the invasion of Poland in 1939, under the guidance of Dmytro Dontsov, the OUN-B fought alongside the Nazi armies against the Jews and the Soviets.[2]
The collaboration between the Ukrainian "integral nationalists" and the Nazis continued, with constant massacres of the majority of the Ukrainian population, accused of being Jews or Communists, until the "liberation" of Ukraine by the Third Reich with Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 to the cry of "Slava Ukraїni!" (Glory to Ukraine).
Early career
By 1922 Dontsov had found his model in Mussolini's fascist Italy. He was even more impressed by Hitler and the Nazis. Dontsov translated these fascist thinkers into the Ukrainian language. He also wrote the introductions for fawning biographies glorifying Mussolini and Hitler. He popularized fascism, anti-Semitism and Russophobia among the students of Stepan Bandera's generation. His vulgarized version of the philosophy of Nietzsche, Fichte, and Rousseau argued that Ukrainians must cast aside conventional morality and be willing to commit any crime if it meant the birth of a Ukrainian state. Dontsov praised fanaticism as a virtue.
In 1942 Dontsov moved to Prague and placed himself at the service of Reinhard Heydrich, the architect of the "Final Solution of the Jewish and Gypsy Questions". Heydrich created the Reinard Heydrich Institute to coordinate the systematic extermination of all these populations in Europe, and appointed Dontsov its administrator. Dontsov was one of the main architects of the largest massacre in history. Heydrich was assassinated in June 1942, but Dontsov retained his functions and privileges and lived in great luxury.
Dontsov escaped prosecution for his complicity in the Holocaust by fleeing to the West where he was resettled in Canada.
Legacy
In January 2019, after the fascist Maidan coup a memorial plaque was unveiled in Kyiv dedicated to Dontsov.[3]
References
- ↑ https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85110228.html
- ↑ Myroslav Shkandrij; National democracy, the OUN, and Dontsovism: Three ideological currents in Ukrainian Nationalism of the 1930s–40s and their shared myth-system. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 1 September 2015; 48 (2-3): 209–216. sciencedirect.com
- ↑ https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2626348-memorial-plaque-unveiled-for-dmytro-dontsov-in-kyiv.html
