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[[File:SBandera.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stepan Bandera]]
[[File:SBandera.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 his organization was absorbed into the [[SS]] under command of German officers.
'''Stepan Bandera''' (January 1, 1909 – October 15, 1959) was the founder of a major [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] fascist movement. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Bandera wanted to create an independent Ukrainian state, and was held as a political prisoner in the German concentration camp at Sachsenhausen until late in the war. His organization, the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN), was absorbed into the German [[SS]] and committed numerous [[war crimes]] and atrocities [[Jews]], [[Poles]], [[Gypsies]] and other minority groups in [[Nazi]] occupied territories of [[Eastern Europe]]. After the German defeat at [[Stalingrad]], he was released from Sachsenhausen and led his insurgent organization against the advancing [[Red Army]] on [[Berlin]].
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 until late in the war after the German defeat at Stalingrad.
After the war, Bandera lived under a false name in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], and his organization continued armed resistance against the Soviet Union in the Ukraine 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>
After the war, Bandera was recruited by the [[CIA]] though the [[Gehlen Organization]] to continue armed resistance against the [[Soviet Union]] inside Soviet territory. bandeera lived under a false name in [[Munich]], [[Germany]]. 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 still 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 still many monuments in Western Ukraine honoring him.