'''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. | '''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. |