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[[File:Bandera-in-ss-uniform (1).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stepan Bandera]]
[[File:Bandera-in-ss-uniform (1).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stepan Bandera]]
'''Stepan Bandera''' (January 1, 1909 - October 15, 1959) was a controversial [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] nationalist. He led a rebel army, called the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN), that fought against the [[Red Army]]. Bandera wanted to create an independent Ukrainian state and was sent to a Soviet concentration camp ([[gulag]]) in 1941.
'''Stepan Bandera''' (January 1, 1909 - October 15, 1959) was a controversial [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] nationalist. He led a rebel army, called the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN), that fought against the [[Red Army]]. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Bandera wanted to create an independent Ukrainian state. Bandera was held as a political prisoner in the German concentration camp at Sachsenhausen until late in the war, and organization was absorbed into the [[SS]] under command of German officers.
The OUN persecuted [[Jews]], [[Russian]]s and [[Poland|Poles]]. During the [[Second World War]] the OUN welcomed the [[German]]s as liberators from [[communism]] and fought alongside them until [[Hitler]]'s anti-[[Slavs|Slav]] racial policies began murdering Ukrainians.
The OUN committed atrocities against [[Jewish]], [[Russian]] and [[Poland|Polish]] civilians. During the [[Second World War]] the OUN welcomed the [[German]]s as liberators from [[communism]] and fought alongside them. [[Hitler]]'s anti-[[Slavs|Slav]] racial policies denied them independence or any leadership roles.
After the war, Bandera lived under a false name in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], where he was killed by a [[KGB]]-agent in 1959.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/15000-nationalists-march-kiev</ref>
After the war, Bandera lived under a false name in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], and his organization continued armed resistance in the Ukraine against the Soviet Union under [[CIA]] sponsorship until 1954. He was assassinated by a [[KGB]]-agent in 1959.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/15000-nationalists-march-kiev</ref>
Stepan Bandera was honored by the Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yushchenko]] as a "Hero of the Ukraine" in 2010.<ref>http://rt.com/politics/bandera-ukraine-court-crimea/</ref> The next president [[Viktor Yanukovych]] withdrew the honor. Today there are many monuments in Western Ukraine honoring him.
Stepan Bandera was honored by the Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yushchenko]] as a "Hero of the Ukraine" in 2010.<ref>http://rt.com/politics/bandera-ukraine-court-crimea/</ref> The next president [[Viktor Yanukovych]] withdrew the honor. Today there are many monuments in Western Ukraine honoring him.