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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]]. 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.  

'''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 his organization was absorbed into the [[SS]] under command of German officers.  

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.

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.