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І НК |Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.. a fratTnal non-profit a5sociation| UHanWeeFl V Vol. LV No.20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17. 1987 25 cent3 A/ /be Demjanjuk trial Veteran political prisoner Shumuk Defense accuses witness of fraud permitted to emigrate to Canada special to Svoboda and The Weekly "Butcher of Kielce." Mr. O'Connor had by Michael Bociurkiw wanted to show that the Office of JERUSALEM - Chief defense at­ Special 1nvestigations, which employs TORONTO ~ Ukrainian dissident torney Mark O'Connor accused Ameri­ Mr. Epstein as its chief forensics expert, Danylo Shumuk has been given permis­ can documents expert Gideon Epstein had possessed documents clearing Mr. sion to emigrate to Canada. of giving fraudulent testimony during Walus, but had kept 4hem secret. The Canadian Government an­ the John Demjanjuk trial this week as Earlier, defense counsel John Gill nounced on May 11 that the Soviet cross-examination of this prosecution had established in his questioning of the Union will allow the 73-year-old dissi­ witness continued. witness that there are differences among dent to fly to Moscow from Karatobe in Mr. O'Connor on Monday, May 11, the signatures of Ernst Teufel on the the Kazakh republic, where he has accused the expert of fraud because he samples he examined. been in internal exile for the past five had testified that there were no diffe­ Under cross-examination, Mr. Ep­ years. rences between a certified copy of the stein also revealed that when he had Canadian External Affairs Minister Trawniki identification card and the made copies of the original Trawniki ID Joe Clark asked Soviet Foreign Mi­ original. card at the Soviet Embassy, the photo nister Eduard Shevardnadze in October Mr. O'Connor was prevented by the was not attached to it, but that when he 1986 to allow the Ukrainian dissident to presiding judge from entering into placed the photo on top of the card, the join his nephew in British Columbia. evidence a certified copy of the card stamps meshed. Mr. Shumuk, a member of the Ukrai­ given by the Soviets to a Cleveland Mr. Epstein admitted that he had nian Helsinki Group, has spent 34years court in 198I. The attorney said the traveled across the United States in in prisons or labor camps, mostly on copy would show Soviet fraud. 1981 with lectures for documents ex­ charges of anti-Soviet agitation and Mr. O'Connor later told the press, perts and had used materials from the propaganda. "These cards are totally different." He still-pending Demjanjuk case. The Denis Tessier, a spokesperson for the pointed to a blocked out section of the witness said that he had been told by External Affairs Department in Ot­ copy which on the original contains the OSI lawyers that this was allowable, but tawa, said Mr. Shumuk was expected to name of a Soviet official who translated now he believes that he should not have come to the Canadian Embassy in it in 1948 as well as the source, the KGB. iised materials from a case still under Moscow on Friday, May 15 and leave "Why doesn't the Soviet Union come review. the Soviet Union a few days later. here and certify this original. That's the The prosecution next called Ma- The Canadian Government first only way this can be cleared up," the tityahu Maize1, a professor of Soviet called upon the Soviet Union to allow Associated Press quoted Mr. O'Connor history at Tel Aviv University, to the Mr. Shumuk to emigrate to Canada in Danylo Shumuk as saying. witness stand. He began his testimony the early 1970s. Since then, Canadian Presiding Judge Dov Levin also by speaking about the beginning of Cabinet ministers have intervened 40 years' incarceration prevented Mr. O'Connor from asking Wor1d War IL The professor continued about 25 times on Mr. Shumuk's behalf The 73-year-old veteran political about the case of Frank Walus, a his testimony the next day, Tuesday, with Soviet officials. prisoner was born on January 30, Chicagoan accused of Nazi war crimes May 12, by speaking about the further ,During a 1985 official visit to Kiev, 1914, in the village of Boremshchyna, and later found to be a victim of history of Wor1d War И. Mr. Clark startled Alexander Lyashko, Volhynia 0bIast, to a large peasant mistaken identity, although 11 wit­ During the cross-examination, Prof. the chairman of the Council of Ministers family. In 1933 at the age of 18 he was nesses held testified that he was the (Continued on page 16) (Continued on page 14) arrested several times and eventually incarcerated in a Polish prison as a result of his underground Commu­ WCFU, UCC release report on Chomoby/ accident nist activity. Mr. Shumuk was im­ prisoned for over five years and JERSEY C1TY, NJ. - The Wor1d the response of the USSR," as well as problem," wrote the members of the released in 1939 after the Soviets Congress of Free Ukrainians (WCFU) "to educate the Ukrainian and interna­ Chornobyl Commission, "was that of a took control of Western Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Canadian Commit­ tional communities about these mat­ Warsaw resident: 'We can understand which was part of Poland at the time. tee (UCC) recently released a report in ters." an accident. 1t could happen to anyone. 1n May 1941 Mr. Shumuk was commemoration of the first anniversary 1he report has been sent to Ukrainian But that the Soviets said nothing and let forced to join a "work camp," but of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in central organizations throughout our children suffer exposure to this once the Germans invaded the Soviet Soviet Ukraine. The purpose of the Australia, Canada, Europe and the cloud for days is unforgivable.' The Union, these work' camps were report is to inform the public of findings United States, as well as several media, situation in Ukraine was even worse as transformed into penal battalions, related to the accident in the past year. government, nuclear physics and hea1th­ the population was still not informed which were sent to the front lines The study was put together by the oriented organizations, according to while Polish children were being given without military training. Captured Chornobyl Commission whose mem­ Lida Soltys, project coordinator. an iodine solution." by the Germans, Mr. Shumuk spent bers were: J.A. Dankowych, Ph.D.; 0. A number of interviews have been "So, who has taken the blame?" asks 18 months in a German POW camp Danylak; B. Jaciw; B. Lychacz, M.D.; given by the WCFU as a result of the the commission. "In the first place, two near Poltava until he escaped. David R. Marples, Ph.D.;0. A. Trojan, report, but Ms. Soltys said she's not all-union ministries have been purged of Disillusioned withcommunism Ph.D. sure the reaction to the report is what personnel: Power and Electrification, after learning of the artificial famine The report, which was released April the organizations had hoped for. "We're and Medium Machine Building (the in Ukraine of 1932-33, Mr. Shumuk 16, touched on a variety of topics, hoping central organizations will follow ministry in charge of nuclear weapons joined the Ukrainian 1nsurgent Army including understanding the nuclear up with more action" and distribute the production). 1n addition, the State (UPA) and was appointed a political explosion, handling the aftermath, report in their respective communities. Committee for Safety in the Atomic instructor in an officer training medical aspects and conclusions made The first part of the report, "Under­ Power 1ndustry, established in I983 school. by the commission. standing the Explosion" discusses what after a crisis at a reactor manufacturing 1n February I945 he was captured 1ts introduction notes: "The objec­ happened on April 26, 1986, the day of plant in Rostov 0bIast of the Russian by the NKVD Soviet secret police tives of this position paper are to review the accident and how the fire was Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, and a military tribunal sentenced him and comment on the disaster, detail the contained and how radionuclide re­ has also been heavily criticized." to be shot. The death sentence was short" and long-term effects of the leases were contained. 1t also looks at Of the Soviet version of the accident, eventually commuted to 20 years of radioactive fallout on the health of the boviet explanation of the events. that was released in Vienna, the com­ hard labor, and together with hun­ individuals, the food chain and the 1 he second section is titled "Handling mission wrote: ''The Soviet report, dreds of thousands of other poHtical environment, consider the safety issues, of the Aftermath." although refreshingly open, makes prisoners, Mr. Shumuk helped build look at what a mode1 response should "Perhaps tne most pomieu comment some suggestions that should continue (ContiiTfued on page 14) be to such a disaster and compare it to made in regard to the communication (Continued on page 10) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 No.20

A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY Writer's manuscript confiscatbd NEW YORK - Literary historian Viktoras Petkus, who is serving a 15­ Party secretaries reshuffled year sentence in Perm labor camp 36-1 has had yet another manuscript con­ fiscated from his cell, according to a in three Ukrainian regions report received by the Lithuanian by Roman Solchanyk the Obkom, V. H. Boyko." Information Center. Mr. Shcherbytsky, addressing the The confiscated \york is a literary The dismissals in February and Sixth Congress of the Ukrainian Union encyclopedia on wor1d writers, which March of three regional Communist of Journalists in mid-February, had Mr. Petkus is reported to have com­ Party leaders in Ukraine - in Voro- already made clear that the practice of piled with official permission, during shylovhrad, Dnipropetrovske and Lviv muzzling journalists was not limited to his years of imprisonment. — have set in motion a series of Voroshylovhrad, referring specifically Independent sources report that the personnel shifts that have resulted in to "instances 0fan incorrect attitude to work consisted of 33 volumes at 100 important changes in the composition articles in the press" that had taken pages each, covering45,000 biographies. of the Ukainian party and government, place in Dnipropetrovske and Lviv. In an exclusive interview with the including the PoHtburo and Secretariat. Radianska Ukraina, in its report on Lithuanian Information Center, Natan Voloshylovhrad: The sacking of the Dnipropetrovske plenum, also Sharansky of Israel confirmed that Mr. Borys Honcharenko, first secretary of made note that there had been "various Petkus began this work in 1978 when the Voroshylovhrad 0blast Party Co­ violations and abuses" involving law the two of them shared a cell in Chisto- mmittee, was a direct result of the enforcement agencies and that a former pol prison." "I have no doubt that scandal' surrounding the illegal arrest Pravda correspondent was.the victim of Petkus compiled a study of such magni­ and detention of Viktor Berkhin, a the "prejudicial attitude of certain Party tude. During those 16 months we spent Soviet journalist, which surfaced in the Obkom workers." Similar charges were together," explained Mr. Sharansky, fall of last year. The so-called Berkhin made in the Pravda report on the '*he filled three to four thick no'te­ Affair received wide coverage in the proceedings of the plenum. books... When 1 asked him why he was Western press after USSR KGB chief In short, the circumstances resulting writing it, he said that a Lithuanian Viktoras Petkus Viktor Chebrikov revealed in Pravda in Mr. Boyko's removal were not unlike literary encyclopedia as such did not their reading pleasure, said Mr. Sha­ tha1t it Was oht of his own subordinates, those in Voroshylovhrad. exist at the time, and that derived great ransky, and these items are often thcPr5ka^^d оГ^Ш^^ in^Vor6shy- It was not until a month later, howe­ personal satisfaction from the research." circulated and shared among the in­ loVhrad, Who wks thie main fi'gurei n the ver, at another plenum of the Dnipro­ Mr. Sharansky noted, however, that mates. conspiracy against the journalist. petrovske Party organization held on Mr. Petkus was forced to write in According to the report, Mr. Petkus Mr, Honcharenko's dismissal, which April 20, that Mr. Boyko was formally Russian, so that Russian-speaking do his research and writing at night, was ordered by the Central Committee removed from his position. His place camp guards could periodically censor after comp1eting his daily work quota. of the Ukrainian Communist Party, was was taken by Volodymyr Anton0vych the material. If the content met with Dissident circles think that Mr. announced in Pravda by Ukrainian Ivashko, a candidate member of the their approval, it was returned to the Petkus' work is at risk of being destroy­ Party First Secretary Volodymyr Ukrainian Politburo and the ideolo­ author. ed, or handed over to the Academy of Shcherbytsky on February 15. Some gical secretary of the Ukrainian party. Mr. Petkus purportedly used his Sciences without due credit to the two weeks later, on February 27, Mr. Less than a week later, a plenum of personal collection of books, kept in author. They have thus appealed to the Honcharenko was formally removed the Ukrainian Central Committee re­ storage, for research, reported the West to intercede on the author's behalf from office at a plenum of the Vo- lieved Mr. Ivashko of his post in the Lithuanian Information Center. with Soviet authorities, particularly roshylpyhi^ad;Pblast Party Committee. Secretariat, which he had held only Prisoners are allowed to order a limited camp administrators. iirs successor, Ivan Andreyevich since February 1986. He was succeeded number of books and subscriptions for (Continued on page 13) Liakhbv, had proviousIy been head of by Yuriy Nykyforovych Yelchenko, a the important Organizational Party full member of the Ukrainian Polit­ Work Department of the Ukrainian buro and the former first secretary of Georgian dissident released from prison Central Committee. Mr. Lyakhov had the Kiev City Party Committee. FRAM1NGHAM, Mass. - Geor. hunger strike to protest harsh treatment only been in this post a little over a year Mr. Yelchenko's successor in Kiev, gian dissident Tengis Gudava was by prison authorities and demanded his before moving to Voroshylovhrad. He chosen at a plenum of the Kiev. City released from prison on April 27 by a unconditional release. is 51, a Russian, and had previously Party organization on April 27, is 51- decree of the Presidium of the Supreme 1t is not yet known, Keston said, what served as first secretary of the Voroshy­ year-old Kostiantyn Ivanovych Masyk. Soviet of the USSR, reported the conditions, if any, led to Mr. Gudava's lovhrad City Party Committee and first He is Ukrainian, a Party member since Keston News Service in its April 30 release. secretary of the Ivano-Frankivske 1962, and a graduate of the Gorky newsletter. Mr. Gudava was sentenced in 1985to 0blast Party Committee. Institute of Water Transport Engineers The 34-year-old native of Tbilisi, the seven years' strict-regimen labor camp : Mr. LyakhoV's p1ace at the Organi­ and the Higher Party Correspondence capital of Soviet Georgia, who along and three years' internal exile for "anti­ zational Party Work Department has School of the Central Committee of the with his younger brother, Eduard, was Soviet agitation and propaganda." been taken by Anatoliy Ivanovych CPSU. Beginning in 1965, Mr. Masyk active in the unofficial "Phantom" Eduard Gudava, 32, who is serving a Korniyenko. Mr. Korniyenko is 49, a served as first secretary of the Kiev City musical group made up of Catholics sentence of four years' strict-regimen Ukrainian, and had been first secretary Komsomol organization and then as and Jewish refuseniks, was freed from a labor camp since he was charged in 1985 of the Tem0piI 0bIast Party Com­ first secretary of the Kiev 0blast Kom­ KGB prison in his hometown. He was with "malicious hooliganism," has mittee since February I983. Before then somol Committee. reportedly transferred there from Perm apparently not been released. Keston he had served as first secretary of the In 1972 he was made first secretary of labor camp No. 37 earlier this year and College reported that Eduard has also Ukrainian Komsomol. the Darnytsky Raion Party Committee was pressured to write a clemency plea refused to sign or write any statements The new man in Tem0piI, in turn, is in Kiev; in 1974 he was transferred to in order to secure his release. He in exchange for his release and joined 49-year-old Valentyn Yevhenovych the post of inspector in the Ukrainian reportedly refused to sign or write his brother's hunger strike under threat Ostrozhynsky. He is a Ukrainian and Central Committee; in 1976 Mr. Masyk anything and on March 23 began a of an additional sentence. has been a party member since 1957. was a secretary and in I977 second Mr. Ostrozhynsky is a graduate of the secretary of Odessa 0blast Party Com­ Kazan Military School, Kiev State mittee; between 1981 and October, 1986 University, and the Social Sciences he served as deputy chairman of the Academy of the CPSU Central Com­ Ukrainian Council of Ministers; and FOUNDED 1933 mittee in Moscow, and holds the candi­ since October, 1986 he had been an ulcrainian WeeI:I1 date of philosophical sciences degree. inspector of the CPSU Central Com­ Since 1982 he had served as second mittee. An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National secretary of the Zhytomyr 0blast Party Lviv: Three days after Mr. Boyko's Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. Committee. dismissal in Dnipropetrovske, the same 07302. fate met Viktor Dbbryk, the first secre­ Dnipropctroif8kc: Approximately Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, N.J. 07302. tary of the Lviv Party organization. (ISSN-0273-9348) one month after Mr. Honcharenko's Mr. Dobryk was sacked at a plenum of dismissal, on March 17, a plenum of the the Lviv 0blast Party Committee held Dnipropetrovske 0blast Party Com­ Yearly subscription rate: |8; for UNA members - |5. on March 20, which also selected Yakiv Also published by the UNA. Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. mittee resolved that the incumbentfirst Petrovych Pohrebniak as his successor. secretary, Viktor Boyko, could no Mr. Pohrebniak is a candidate mem­ Ttie Weekly and Svobt)da: UNA: loneer '*continue holding the post of ber of the Ukrainian Politburo and was (201)434-0237,-0807.-3036 (20l)45b2200 fifst secretary of the Party Obkom,'' one of the industrial secretaries of the Ra4iaaskft Ukraina reported that Ukrainian Central Committee since Postmaster, send address Editor: ROIM Had2twycz **convening the plenum was made 1971. changes to: Assistant Ciiitors: Hataiia A. Fedusclnk necessary because the Central Com­ Chiystyna N. 1jpycbik At a plenum of the U krainian Central The Ukrainian Weekly mittee of the Communist Party of P.O. Box 346 Canadian CorrespondMit: МісімI В. Bociurkiw Ukraine, after having thoroughly stu­ Committee held on March 24 and 25, Jersey City. N.J. 07303 Midwest Correspondent: Marianna Liss died the situation in the 0bIast, found Mr. Pohrebniak was removed from the serious shortcomings in the style of Secretariat and his place was taken by The Ukrainian Weekly. May 17, 1987. No. 20, Vol. LV work of the Oblasft Committee of the 51-year-old Stanislav Ivanovych Hu- Copyright 1987 by The Ukrainian We^kly Party, its Btiro, and the first secfetary of (Continued on page 13) No.20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 Ukrainian concerns raised Monument to Wallenberg dedicated at conference on Holocaust as his fate remains a mystery by R.W. Kryvonis Holocaust) is to vindicate the rights of BUDAPEST - The Wor1d Jewish Soviet diplomats about the fate of Mr. the accused," said Mr. Gouldman. Congress (WJC) dedicated a monument Wallenberg for years afterwards. NEWTON, Mass. - The second According to Mr. Gouldman, the to Raoul Wallenberg on May 7, with his The unveiling of the monument to annual International Conference on witnesses who have testified against Mr. sister claiming that the Swedish diplo­ Mr. Wallenberg came at a time when Holocaust and Human Rights Law Demjanjuk have been subjected to mat who saved thousands of Jews from the WJC was holding a meeting in sparked brisk discussions on topics grueling cross-examination by the the Nazis is still alive and being held by Budapest. 1t was the first-ever gathering ranging from the prosecution of sus­ defense attorneys, and the judges have the Soviet Union. Mr. Wallenberg of the congress in an East-bloc capital. pected Nazi war criminals to the cover­ given the defense great latitude in saved an estimated 100,000 Hungarian 1t also had added significance because up of genocides such as the Ukrainian exploring areas of questioning that Jews from Adolf Hitler's extermination the ceremony was part of Hungary's Famine of 1932-33, and the Armenian would normally be considered irrele­ camps. "month of peace" marking the end of Massacre of 1914. Sponsored by the vant or unnecessary to the determi­ In a message in Swedish that was read World War II. Holocaust and Human Rights Research nation of guilt or innocence. to the gathering, Nina Lagergren ap­ There have been two formal attempts Project at Boston College Law School, Later, Mr. Gouldman told one of the pealed for pressure to force the Soviet previously to honor the diplomat that the April 6 conference featured promi­ participants that the first expert witness Union to release the former Swedish were frustrated by the Soviets, accord­ nent scholars and jurists from the called by the prosecution offered a diplomat. ing to the Christian Science Monitor. United States, Canada, West Germany, statement to the effect that only John "Raoul cannot wait," she said. "He The first statue stood briefly in the Israel and Argentina. Demjanjuk was on trial, that the Ukrai­ will be 75 on August 4," spring of 1949 on the site of the former During the morning session, M. nian people must not be blamed for the The Soviets proclaimed in 1957 that Jewish ghetto in St. Stephen's Park, But Dennis Gouldman, director of the crimes of one individual, particularly Mr. Wallenberg died in Lubyanka the statue mysteriously disappeared on International Division of the State since many Ukrainians had sheltered prison in Moscow in 1947. His family the eve of the unveiling. According to Attorney's Office of Israel, assured the Jews during Wor1d War П at great risk and others in the West, however, have witnesses at the time, the removal w^s audience that Ukrainian American to their own lives. For unknown rea­ disputed that account, citing statements carried out by the Soviets. John Demjanjuk will receive a fair trial sons, the defense objected to the by several Soviet prisoners - some as The second attempt was in January in Israel, and that Mr. Demjanjuk's statement, and the presiding justices recently as last year — that they saw him 1984, when the Hungarian Historial attorneys will have every opportunity to ordered that the statement be stricken alive. Society called for a Wдlleцberg топц-^^^ examine and test a11 the evidence in the from the record. Magyar Hirlap, the Hungarian go­ merit in the ^ Hgngarjaii^ c^taJ^,^pJ possession of the government prosecu­ The pane1 discussion which featured vernment daily, on May 9 blamed Lt prqvaCpro^ptly^фреагед in the pews^ ^ tors -even evidence which might harm Mr. Gouldman was moderated by Allan Gen. Viktor S. Abakumov, chief of the paper Magyar Nemzet, a recognized the prosecution's chances of conviction. A. Ryan Jr., director of the Office of Soviet military secret police between channel for government opinion, for Mr. Gouldman criticized the Western Special Investigations at the time 1942 and March 1946, for keeping Mr. what it termed a "worthy gesture" of media for its failure to clarify what he deportation proceedings were brQUght Wallenberg in prison. The newspaper remembrance. called "myths" about the Demjanjuk against Mr. Demjanjuk. Mr. Ryan and continued that the only credible version Not long after, it once again became trial. He disputed the depiction of the others questioned the wiUingness of the of M r. Wallenberg's death to come from known that the Soviets intervened to prppeedings as a "show trial," and Canadian government to prosecute an authentic Soviet source was a memo­ put a stop to the monument. That move insisted that the three-judge pane1 is Nazi war criminals believed to be living randum to the Swedish government in occurred a year before Soviet leader adhering strictly to settled principles of in Canada. 1957 by Andrei Gromyko, then deputy Mikhail Gorbachev came to power and due process. "The best way to vindicate Prof. Irwin Cotler of the McGill foreign minister, who said that Mr. it is anticipated that this statue will stay. the human rights of the victims (of the University Law School condemned the Wallenberg had apparently died of a The statue; is a 9-foc)t-lo,ng .,brpaze^ ^ Mulroney administration for what he heart attack in Lubyanka in July,L947. cast of Л ^sp_^фbjef,,І^r.;^^ saw as foot-dragging on the war crim(es The memorandum "includes a firm flanked by two slabs of pink Swedish Unnas seeks pardon issue. "Until now,"said Mr, Cotler, "the condemnation of the procedures of the granite etched with a gold design of a MOSCOW ~ Karl Linnas, who was Canadian government wa^ under a Stalinist security bodies" and Mr. man grappling with a snake patterned deported to Estonia from the United reasonable apprehension of obstruction Gromyko made it clear that Mr. Wal­ with Nazi swastikas, according to the States, has asked the Supreme Court of of justice." lenberg's arrest was unjustified, report­ New York City Tribune. 1t also bears the Estonian SSR to pardon him, Nevertheless, Mr. Cotler expressed ed the New York City Tribune. the Latin inscription, '*While good reported TASS. ; hope that the Deschenes Commission The Hungarian newspaper also was fortune stands by your side, friends According to The New York Times, Report would help "de-ethnicize" the critical of unidentified leaders of Krem­ abound, but should gray clouds gather TASS reported that the appeal cited the issue and lay to rest concerns that the lin security services for misleading you are alone to withstand the storm." passage of more than 40 years since the Ukrainian or Baltic community was actions at issue. being singled out for war-crimes probes: Mr. Linnas faces a death sentence "This is not a Ukrainian versus Jewish Ryan urged Soviet оНцщI handed down in absentia by a Soviet issue... For too long, it's been portrayed Court. The verdict was announced in as a private ethnic quarrel." to turn over Trawniki ID the Soviet press three weeks before the However, other panelists continued by Roma Hadzewycz kov) in 1986," and "1 requested that trial had begun. (Continued on page 14) he extend whatever courtesies" had JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Allan A. been extended to the United States to Ryan Jr., formerdirector of the U.S. 1srael as well. BoschwJtz pens letter to Ben-Meir Justice Department's Nazi-hunting The USSR did make the original arm, the Office of Special 1nvestiga­ 1D available to U.S, authorities WASH1NGTON - Sen. Rudy Bo- ol the correspondence concei ned the tions, last spring wrote a letter, as a during Mr. Demjanjuk's 198I dena- schwitz, (R-Minn.) wrote a letter to John Demjanjuk case. 1 must tell you private citizen, to the Soviet procura­ turalization trial, but questions Knesset Deputy Speaker Dov Ben-Meir that I iound your response insensitive tor general, urging him that the remain as to the extent of forensic calling his letter to Americans for and unworthy of a representative of USSR make the original of the examination it underwent while in Human Rights in Ukraine "unsensitive your government. Trawniki ID card- not a copy — this country. and unworthy of a representative of As one who lost many family mem­ available to 1sraeli officials. Asked why he, as a private indivi­ your government." bers in the Holocaust— and who might The 1D card was purportedly dual, no longer head of the OSI, had The text of ISen. Boschwitz's letter have been one of its victims were it not issued to John Demjanjuk, a dena­ written the letter, Mr. Ryan an­ was released this week by AHRU. for the farsightedness of my father, I turalized American now being tried swered: "Since this was a private The senator wrote his letter to Mr. was saddened both by the tone and in Israel for Nazi war crimes. 1t has communication 1 would rather not Ben-Meir on February 20 after he substance of your letter. Instead of been reported that the original ID go into what motivated me." received a copy of the Israeli Parlia­ simply reassuring this group of the had been provided to 1srael through He added, "1 want to see justice ment member's correspondence regard­ fairness and impartiality of the Israeli the good offices of American indus­ done." ' ing the John Demjanjuk case. judicial system, you ascribe the same trialist Armand Hammer. 1n response to the question, did concept of collective guilt to Ukrainians Sen. Boschwitz stressed in his letter, A copy of the May 30, I986, letter anyone ask you to write this letter, for which we Jews have ourselves long apparently written by Mr. Ryan to Mr, Ryan told; The Weekly^ "1 will "I fear you have done 1srael a disser­ -. sui'fered'.'.. ' ;." . . Г: vice," and he charged that Mr. Ben­ Prbcuratbr General Aleksiindr fte- not respond to theI t," When pf e^sed - Meir ascribes "the same concept of \ was particularly upset with your klink6V was niade avai]able to The on whether either the Uniteci States collective guilt to Ukrainians for which final paragraph in which you say: "To Ukrainian Weekry.C6htacted by or 1sraj?l had ^\s;Jced,his iis^istancejn;, we Jews have ourselves long suffered." you and your friends, I suggest that you The Weekly via telephone, Mr. Ryan obtaining the Trawniki 1D for the go to church not only on Sunday but acknowledged that he had sent a Israeli tri*^t of ,MTV JPemjanjvik; Mr. The full text of Sen. Boschwitz's letter also every day of the week, and that you J letter to the procuratpr general Rya,n stated, 'VI don^ wantИо fonv;| follows. kn^el t;here until bleedingat the knees in seeking Soviet cooperation In tiirn^ mem/'.; ^: -- ,-: asking for forgiveness for what your ing over the Trawniki 1D to 1sraeli Mr. Ryan was chief of the OS1 in people has done to ours." authorities. 1980-1983. In I984, Harcourt Brance Sir^ as a devoted friend of your However, he would not verify Jovanovich published his book, Dear Mr. Ben-Meir: country and its people, I must tell you whether the letter obtained by the It was with some distress that I "Quiet Neighbors: Prosecuting Nazi that і fear you have done Israel a newspaper was in fact the letter\he War Criminals in America." One ol received 1rom one of my constituents^a had written. -. ^ * .; r copy оГ your correspondence with"^tM'^ -^^Ш'^:.пV.-^^^.,і^.,щ^ the,chapicrs ill vhebookjsiJ^v^Hecl to і Sa id. Mr., Rya n, ^' I d i^ w r j te a le t le r "John Dcn^jaдiuk' !;apriic IдаіЬк." Amt^ri^h^i ^ f0r ^ Ш ^Rightr it1 - '^' ^'^ - -'"^^"- RiidfE^^ on that subject to him (Mr. Rekun- I kraine. As you may recall, the genesis United Slates Senator (Continued en page 12) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 No.20

THE UKRAINIAN NA TIONAL AS SO CIA TI0N FORUM UNA district committee meetings Cleveland Boston PARMA, Ohio - The annual meet­ ing of the Cleveland UNA District BOSTON - The annual meeting of Committee was held here on April 22 at the Boston UNA District Committee the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky лVа8 held here on April 4 at the Ukrai­ Ha1l with 17 branch secretaries, branch nian Catholic Church Ha1l with secre­ presidents, and convention delegates in taries and members from four local attendance. UNA branches in attendance. Dr. Ivan Wasyl Lischynesky, district commit­ Didiuk presided over the conclave, and tee chairman, presided over the con­ Dr. Myron B. Kuropas represented the clave, which included remarks by UNA Supreme Executive Committee. Supreme Vice-President Myron B. Inhis report to the gathering, District Kuropas and UNA Supreme Advisor Chairman Volodymyr Hetmansky em­ Taras Szmagala. phasized that "Boston has little to brag In his report to the gathering, Mr. about." Lischynesky emphasized the ro1e of the "I'look at my branch," Mr. Het­ UNA District Committee as an inter­ mansky stated, "and I see a decline. The mediary between the Cleveland com­ only three secretaries who signed up Volodymyr Hetmansky munity and the UNA. He pointed to new members are M. Bednarczyk and the reasons are many. People say visits by Supreme Treasurer Ulana Wasyl Lischynesky (Branch 178), Dr. Galonska (Branch they don't need UNA insurance be­ Diachuk and the National Sales Direc­ son; Volodymyr Stryhun, treasurer; 307) and A. Remick (Bra"nch 238) for a cause they already have it at work or tor Henry Floyd as events of some Jaroslaw Krystalowych, secretary. total of 15 members. That's not much (Continued on page 15) significance in the community. In Elected controllers were Nick Bo- addition, he emphasized, that '4he beczko. Vera Napora and Maxim Za- highly successful Zhuravli concert doyny. Wmt^mo^ket would not have been possible without Dr. Kuropas' remarks followed a WOONSOCKET, R:l; - The an­ UNA involvement." pattern set earlier in Buffalo and Bos­ nual meeting of the Woonsocket UNA "My work with the UNA has suffered ton, wherein he discussed the "bad District Committee was held on Sunday, because of other committments in the news" and "good news" about UNA May 3, here at St. Michael's Ukrainian community," he said, reminding every­ activity. Included in the good news was Orthodox Church. There were 26 dele­ one of his ro1e as president of the United the hiring and training of new organi­ gates present. Ukrainian Organizations of Cleveland. zers by Mr. Floyd, efforts to develop The meeting was opened by Alex Following the reports of other officers more competitive insurance policies Chudolij, chairman of the district and a vote to accept them, the entire and UNA involvement in fighting committee and a UNA supreme advi­ executive board was re-elected. Re­ defamation of the Ukrainian commu­ sor. He welcomed everyone at the elected along with Mr. Lischynesky nity. meeting and called the roll to determine were: Tatiana Silecky, vice-chairper- (Continued on page 13) te' rtu1iiber of branch repres^nfatiyes pres6Ht!^*^^ 4^*^^^^ ^"^ ^м....o> ..w...... Father Michael was requested to lead Boyko nametl N.Y./N.J. sales director those present at the meeting in prayer. JERSEY CITY, N.J. 01ena Trinkler read the minutes of last Leon Hardink - Nicholas T. Boyko of year's meeting in the Ukrainian lan- financial report for the year, and then Paterson, N.J., has been guage, and Mr. Chudolij did so in Mr. Chudolij rendered the chairman's re­ port. He stated that although the Woon­ named the Ukrainian Na­ English. The minutes were accepted as tional Association's re­ read. socket District is small in number, yet it (Continued on page 15) gional sales director for The treasurer, Janet Bardell, gave a the New York/New Jer­ sey area as of April L Mr. Boyko brings with F/is MaM^ РгаґегШ Congress him 15 years of expe­ ^^.,i?^ri4?.;^(3R!)^:;^ annual were. Msgr. Em11 Manastersky, pastor rience in the insurance cony^ntion of the New York Fraternal of the Annunciation of the Blessed field. He was an under­ Congress and New York Fraternal Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic writer from 1972 to 1982 1nsurance Counse1lors was held at the Church who recited the invocation at for the New York Life In­ LaGuardia Marriott Hotel in Queens the start of the congress. surance Co. and in 1982­ on April 24 and 25. Andrew Keybida, supreme advisor, I987 was a district repre­ John 0. Fhs was elected president of and Mary Dushnyck, honorary mem­ sentative and district ma­ New York Fraternal Congress to serve ber of the Supreme Assembly, were nager for Modern Wood­ until May 1988. He follows a long line among other guests. Mrs. Dushnyck men of America, a frater­ of presidents of the Congress who are swore in the new s1ate of officers. nal insurance company. elected annually, including UNA'ers The New York State Fraternal Con­ He is active in the Na­ Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch, 1969-1970, and gress is held annually to further the tional Association of Life Mary Dushnyck, 1978-1979. fraternal aims of member-organizations Underwriters, serving for Also present at the congress were and to increase professional knowledge nine years as secretary Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan and of insurance matters of member-frater- and treasurer of the Pas- Supreme Treasurer Ulana M. Diachuk. nals doing business in the state of New saic-Bergen Chapter's Attending as guests of the Congress York. board, and he is first vice­ president and president­ elect of the New Jersey Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors. Nicholas T. Boyko Mr. Boyko received a Certified Life Underwriter diploma in 1981 1n March, Mr. Boyko was re­ from The American College in Bryn cruited to join the UNA'S fledgling Mawr, Pa. He also earned the title of sales department. "I was told that I Fraternal 1nsurance Counselor in could do something for the Ukrai­ 1982 and comp1eted a fraternal field nian community," Mr. Boyko said, management course in 1986. He is while acknowledging that hiscontact certified as a state-approved instruc­ with that community was mainly tor for the life and health insurance through his family. He noted that he pre-licensing course. was excited by the prospect of While with New York Life, he was ''getting in on the ground II0or of a nine-time recipient of the National developing a professional sales de­ Association of Life Underwriters' partment, using my 15 years of sales National Quality Award and was a and marketing experience." member of the New York 1 ife Star Mr. Boyk "' was born in the Bronx Club Modem Woodmen oi Ameri­ He graduated Irom New York Um- ca awarded him membership ш its versity in-f%'.Tartd the\1 served in the lohnO. Flis (center) is congratulated dn.his ejection by fellow UNA'ers (from left) Millionaire C^ub, (ContiTi\ied on page 11) Andrew Keybida^M^ry Piishnyck, Ulana Diachuk and Walter Sochan. No.20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 The Demjanjuk trial in Jerusalem: a look at another aspect by Marta Skorupsky by the Germans during the fighting on the Crimean Question: "As a historian, do you not think that Peninsula, underwent training at the Trawniki using a national designation instead of a functional Part I of a three-part series training base of Operation Reinhardt, and was one for which there exists the accepted term 'auxiliary afterward sent, together with other Ukrainians, to units' constitutes discrimination of Ukrainians?" Will the Jerusalem District Court find John serve at the Treblinka extermination camp. 1n this Dr. Arad: "As a Jew, 1 am very aware of discrimina­ Demjanjuk guilty of crimes against the Jewish people, camp, which was administered under German com­ tion. 1 use the term 'Ukrainians' simply as a designa­ crimes against humanity and of war crimes, or will it mand and in which no more than 20-30 German tion." find him innocent after establishing that he is not the officers and non-coms served, 100 to 120 Ukrainians Question: "1'm not asking you as a Jew, but as a pathologically sadistic killer of Treblinka known as and Lithuanians served as sentries on towers and as historian. Were there members of other nationalities "Ivan the Terrible'7 This question continues to be the supervisors of Jews doing forced labor in the camp. among the guards as well as Ukrainians?" subject of lively debate, especially among Ukrainians. Two Ukrainians were responsible for forcing the Jews Dr. Arad: "Probably. 1 did not study their nationa­ Yet the trial has raised a second issue, and this into the gas chambers and igniting the engine. One was lity. 1 have already mentioned in court that there were second issue, despite its importance, is receiving much Nikolai and the other was 1van the Terrible." (p. 2) also volksdeutsche among the guards." less attention in the Ukrainian emigre community and "1t was important for the German occupier to find Question: "Then please explain to me why you, as a apparently no attention at all from this community's elements willing to collaborate with him in the historian, use the term 'Ukrainians' instead of such leadership. The question that is not being confronted occupied countries. And in fact, the Nazis found accepted terms as'auxiliaries,"guards,"Wachmanner' in any meaningful way is: what about the Israeli common ground with part of the population of the and so on?" tribunars indictment of the Ukrainians as a national occupied territories in Poland and in the territories of Dr. Arad: "1 know that there were thousands of group guilty of crimes against the Jewish people, western Russia. The burning hatred which elements Ukrainians who gave their lives to save Jews. I am crimes against humanity and war crimes? among these peoples harbored for the Jews and for the using the term 'Ukrainians' as a collective designa­ These charges take on even greater significance Soviet Union, whose rule they wished to throw off, tion." when it is understood that regardless of whether the engendered collusion between them and the Nazis. Question: "Dr. Arad how am 1 to explain such a Jerusalem court finds Mr. Demjanjuk guilty or Thus it was that Ukrainians, Lithuanians and others collective designation to my Ukrainian readers?" innocent, the accusation of''Ukrainians" collectively enlisted in the service of the Nazis, both during the Dr. Arad shrugged his shoulders and turned being implicated in genocide has already become part of the historical record, and unless it is refuted in the same forum where it has been lodged, it will remain \Nhat about the Israeli tribunars indictment of the Ukrainians there a "proven fact" for future generations of Jews, Ukrainians and all others who ever take an interest in as a national group guilty of crimes against the Jev^mk this trial, as one of the last trials of an accused Nazi war people, crimes against humanity and war crimes? criminal. (To avoid misunderstanding, let me stress that 1 do not mean to imply that Mr. Demjanjuk is a Nazi war criminal, only that his trial will become part German takeover of the territories of these peoples towards the group of other journalists and members of of the record as a trial of an individual accused of such and afterward as well, such as the Red Army soldiers the public that had gathered around us by this time, a crime.) The fact that the charge of war crimes levelled who were taken captive by the Germans during the listening to the conversation, but saying nothing. No against Ukrainians collectively is permanent is so fighting." (p.4) one posed any other questions, and he returned to the Dbvious that it is easily overlooked. "To this task of murdering Jews the Nazis assigned a courtroom. But before indulging in any personal opinions fairly limited number of German soldiers and SS During the cross-examination at the same morning concerning this accusation, let me cite some specific personnel,since these were required for the war effort session of the trial, defense attorney Mark O'Connor examples of the collective indictment of Ukrainians as and to retain control of the occupied territories. The also broached the repeated use "of the ethnic name they appear in the court record and as voiced in an Germans preferred to man the Einsatzgruppen, the Ukrainian" and asked Dr. Arad whether tj)f^e, had interview with the prosecution's key historical witness ghettos and the death camps of Operation Reinhardt beetI any volksdeutsche among the camp guards* Г" at the trial, Dr. Yitzhak Arad. with Ukrainian and other collaborators, who did the The historian answered: 1n the indictment of the State of Israel versus 1van will of their masters with dedication and steadfast­ "Among those taken captives, the Soviets taken (John) Demjanjuk brought on September 29, 1986, we ness." (p. 4) captive, in other words the ones that were taken by the find (1 am quoting from the section titled "Statement Concluding his opening statement with a descrip­ Germans along with the Ukrainians and others who of the Facts" of the official English-language tion of the "levels of testimony" that the prosecution volunteered and so on, there were also many volks­ translation of the document distributed by 1srael's would present at the trial, State Attorney Blattman deutsche. What 1 mean to say is that there were ethnic Ministry of Justice): said: Germans who had been citizens of the Soviet Union, "l4(b). 1n each example [i.e., Treblinka and Sobibor "4. A fourth level is comprised of testimonies they had been drafted into the Soviet Army like any in Poland and Belzec, near Lviv in Galicia, as referring to the Trawniki document, the personal Soviet citizen and those were taken captive, reached described in the section titled "The Death Camps of document which was issued in the name of the accused POW camps. Of course this was an element which the Operation Reinhardt"- M.S.], about 1(Ю auxiliaries, at the training camp of the Ukrainian corps." (p. 8). Germans sought out because they had some sort of who had received their training at the Trawniki Camp, 1 wish to emphasize that 1 have given only a selection national bond with them and among the units trained :rved under the command of the SS personnel. These of references to Ukrainians from the officially at Trawniki there were Volksdeutsche as well And auxiliaries, in the main Ukrainians [emphasis here and published excerpts of the opening statement of israers within the unit stationed at Treblinka, the unit of 100­ elsewhere mine — M.S,], worked together with the SS chief prosecutor at the Demjanjuk trial, deliberately I20 people, there were also several volksdeutsche. personnel in carrying out all the acts of annihilation, not quoting from my own courtroom notes, which They served usually ro1es of unit commanders or murder and oppression committed against the Jewish contain numerous other such assertions about platoon commanders. They were the liaison, the link, victims in the camps." [p. 7] "Ukrainians." they knew Russian and they knew German as well." "l7(b). Construction of the camp [Treblinka - The identification of Nazi extermination camp, (pp. 389-390 of the verbatim, unedited minutes of the M.S.] began at the end of April I942. When the work guards with Ukrainians at the trial was even more morning session of February 18). was finished in July I942, a camp had been erected on unequivocal in the testimony of the prosecution's first the site, built in rectangular form and surrounded by witness, especially as regards his description of The presiding judge of the Jerusalem District Court barbed wire fences and watchtowers, manned by the extermination camps on the territory of Poland, DoV Levin, then asked Dr. Arad: armed guards from amongst the Ukrainian auxilia- Dr. Yitzhak Arad, the director of the Yad Vashem "But the other guards, in other words the ones who ries.lp. 8] memorial and archive of the Holocaust and author of were not of German extraction when it comes to their Simiar assertions about the part played by Ukrai­ a book on the Treblinka camp (1983) and of a ethnic background, were they Ukrainians or were they nians in exterminating Jews were made by the chief forthcoming book on the Sobibor camp (to be members of other ethnic groups in the Soviet Union?" prosecutor in the Demjanjuk case, State Attorney Yona published in English by 1ndiana University Press), in Dr. Arad: "To the best of my knowledge, from my Blattman, in his opening statement at the February 16 his historical survey of events at Treblinka research, at Treblinka, at Sobibor and Belzec, these session of the trial in the Jerusalem District Court, in systematically called the guards "the Ukrainians," the units consisted of Ukrainians and volksdeutsche in the which he described the historical background and the Ukrainian guard units" and so forth. units themselves." Nazi program for the annihilation of the Jews known As reported by Svoboda on February 20 in abridged Judge Dalia Dorner: "1n other words, you are as Operation Reinhardt, which included the Tre­ version, I spoke with Dr. Arad during the break in the distinguishing between these two peoples. There were blinka, Sobibor and Belzec death camps (Iam quoting morning session of the trial on February 18. After volksdeutsche, ethnics, and there were Ukrainians." from excerpts of his statement provided in English introducing myself as a reporter at the trial from the Dr. Arad: "1f 1 am being asked precisely about their translation by the Ministry of Justice and distributed Ukrainian daily newspaper Svoboda in the United nationality 1 do draw a distinction, but it was one unit in the form of a press bulletin by the 1sraeli Govern­ States, 1 conducted the following interview with him. 1 taken from the POW camps, more or less at the same ment Press Office on February 18): quote it in full in order to illustrate the cynicism with time. They were trained together at Trawniki and they "Another camp which was part of the same system which the terms "guards" and "Ukrainians''are served in these particular functions at Trawniki and was the Trawniki training base, near Lublin. There, equated at the trial in Jerusalem. Treblinka." Question: "As a historian, why are you using the 4krainians, Lithuanians and others were trained for To Mr. O'Connor's question,'4s it not true that sks of assisting the Nazis in supervising ghettos, national designation 'Ukrainians' as a substitute for the functional designation 'guards7 Were there there were individuals within this camp who in fact ueportation of Jews, guarding the transport trains, had German names and yet those individuals had lived and activities in the extermination camps."(p. 1) separate Ukrainian units in the Red Army, and,was it from these units that prisoners of war volunteered for along the Volga or in the Sudeten for generations and "We will prove that the accused, 1van Demjanjuk, generations?" Dr. Arad responded: who is from the Ukraine, and who was taken prisoner training at the Trawniki camp, from where they were assigned to serve in Treblinka and other Nazi "Yes, true, among the volksdeutsche there were Marta Skorupsky, a New York-based free-lance extermination camps?" people with German names usually. And they Journalist, editor and translator, covered the first two Dr. Arad: "No, there were no separate Ukrainian appeared with these names in the camp. And some of weeks of the John Demjanjuk trial as the official army units. As you know, there was only a so-called their names are mentioned in the Duesseldorf trials" correspondent of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Ukrainian front. 1 am using the term'Ukrainians'only [of I964 and 1970, at which German camp guards and Weekly. as a description." (Continued on jage 11) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 No.20

A VIEW FROM CANADA Ukrainian VIееУ V Clark owes us a real apology Snubbed again by Orysia Tracz government, not even a pro-Hitler one. Ukrainian Canadian professionals and businessmen who are in Such governments existed 1n Vichy Oshawa, Ont., this weekend and expected to hear Prime Minister The following commentary was aired France, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, Brian Mulroney deHver the keynote address at their convention on CKJS radio on March 24, We Croatia, Slovakia, but not in Ukraine. banquet mUst be puzzled about why the fisheries minister is to replace reprint it here with the permission of the Ukraine was a colony, an occupied land the prime minister behind the podium. author. from which all natural and human 1t was the prime minister who was invited to the banquet that resources were sucked for the benefit of the Reich. When Ukrainians did declare headlines the biennial convention of the Ukrainian Canadian As always, my comments are strictly my own, and do not reflect the view of independence, as they had been sup­ Professional and Business Federation (UCPBF), not the junior this station. Also, in this case, 1 appre­ posedly promised, the leaders were minister for fisheries, who just happens to have a Ukrainian wife. ciate very much that in this country I arrested and spent the rest of the war in (Could it be that Mr. Mulroney is making Ukrainian Canadian leaders can express the following opinion concentration camps. Some collabora­ pay for the terrible stink they made over the government's handling of without fear. tors, eh? the Deschenes Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals?). Let's go back through Alice's looking * 2) Ukraine lost between 6 and 7 But Ukrainian Canadians have become adept at trying to interpret glass, and see what was so wrong with million people during the Nazi occupa­ the confusing signals emitted by the Conservative government they the comments made by Joe Clark, tion. Over 2 million were taken as had helped vote into office in September I985.1n community halls and external affairs minister, in his first forced slave labor to Germany. Appro­ at annual conventions across Canada, Ukrainians are asking each letter to Mykhailo Wawryshyn. To ximately 10 percent of concentration other why their invitations to the prime minister and his senior remind ourselves, in that letter Mr. camp inmates were Ukrainian. Hun­ ministers have been ending up in the garbage. Clark explained the absence of Cana­ dreds of thousands of prisoners of war Many of them were understandably furious when the prime minister dian Embassy officials at the Vesnivka died of starvation in German camps. choir concert in Buenos Aires because Ukrainians who hid Jews were imme­ couldn't even pick-up the phone and summon one of his Cabinet there were "foreign policy implications diately executed. The intelligentsia was ministers to Winnipeg to appear in front of delegates at the triennial ..." in the choir's appearance. "... 1 exterminated as a matter of policy. Over Ukrainian Canadian Congress — the most important gathering of understand the group also prominently 700 cities and towns and over 28,000 Ukrainians in Canada. Instead, the Prime Minister's Office dispatched displayed the flag of the wartime Re­ villages were destroyed by the Nazis. Toronto Member of Parliament Andrew Witer to Winnipeg to public of the Ukraine, and sang the Economically, everything of value was represent the federal government — a responsibility Mr. Witer himself national anthem of that Republic." removed from Ukraine, all agricultural admitted shouldn't have been left up to a backbench member of the 1n a subsequent letter, with very tidy and industrial products, as well as the government. explanations, Joe Clark very much human resources. Ukrainians, with But the Mulroney government has earned a reputation for bungling regrets any distress that his earlier letter other Slavs, were untermenschen, sub- things up these days: Ottawa has just introduced new legislation that may have caused Mykhailo and other humans. They were not permitted the will make it harder for desperate refugees to gain entry into the country Ukrainians in Canada. There are ru­ "privilege" of joining the Nazi Party. The Ukrainian underground and the (even though Canada is home to less than 26 million people); the mors from Ottawa that Mr. Clark is unhappy that his second letter did not Ukrainian Insurgent Army fought both Canadian government had decided to end the moratorium on farm get the same coverage in the Ukrainian the Nazis and the Soviets, fighting the foreclosures that has helped preserve the Canadian prairies as the press as the first one. latter until the early I950s. Some ''blteadbasket of'the wor1d'^; and several members of the Mulroney If he's still interested, V\\ tell him why. collaborators, eh? Cabinet have betrayed the public trust by indulging in shameless First of all, no matter how you slice it, For more, Mr. Clark, please read the activities that have clearly violated the prime minister's own conflict­ how can you explain logically why books (non-Soviet, of course) and listen of-interest guidelines. someone did not attend a concert to the people. Every political party knows the symbolic importance which every because of something that was to occur But then, maybe 1'm wrong. The ethnocultural group - indeed almost everybody in the private sector— at that concert? How did they know minister of external affairs could be attaches to having the prime minister or a Cabinet minister behind the ahead of time what was to be, and based referring to the real wartime republic of banquet table. This is why we think it was a serious faux pas for Mr. upon that, did not attend? Ukraine, but that one was half a century Mulroney to ignore the UCPBF banquet invitation. That's the simple question. The very earlier, during Wor1d War I. The basic reason why 1 do not consider Mr. Ukrainian National Republic, pro­ After hearing about the fate of the UCPBF invitation to the prime Clark's second letter an apology is that claimed in 1918, did have the blue and minister, one Canadian journalist said, perhaps in jest, that the he still does not realize what in his first yellow flag, and did have the Ukrainian UCPBF delegates should demonstrate their outrage by showing up at letter upset us so! 1t appalls me, angers anthem we still sing. That anthem was .tbe^ banquet in fisherman's raincoats and deep-water boots. me and frightens me. The minister of written in 1863. The only negative We would think the delegates should join the other disaffected external affairs of Canada, and a former aspect of this republic was that it Ukrainian Canadians who have said they p1an to register their prime minister of Canada, has really proclaimed its independence during the displeasure with the Mulroney government in a way that will send the blundered, and does not even know time of the Russian Revolution, when Conservatives back to the Opposition benches in the House of what it is he said wrong! the Russian Tsarist Empire was falling Commons. Along with him, his advisors, and the apart. That's it! bureaucrats of External Affairs are all If the talk is about this republic, our either totally ignorant of the history of independent flag and anthem have Eastern Europe, or have ignored facts upset those who won that Russian TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTORS: on purpose, or have fallen victim to the Revolution, and who now seem to exert We greatly appreciate the materials - feature articles, news stories, lies and exaggerations spewed forth by a influence over which flag and which press clippings, letters to the editor, and the like - we receive from our certain individual testifying before the anthem Ukrainian Canadians should readers. Deschenes Commission. This person honor as a legacy from their parents In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask was most severely censured by Justice and grandparents. that the guidelines listed below be followed. Deschenes, but the free reign his un­ For the record, if this is the republic questioned pronouncements received in causing all these "foreign policy impli­ ^ News Stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the the Canadian media has already done cations," this is also the republic that in occurrence of a given event. its damage. 1918 passed a law regarding the па-' The phrase "the wartime Republic of tional and personal autonomy of mino­ * Information about upcoming events must be received by noon of the Ukraine" implies a republic in rity groups, the first law of its kind in the Monday before the date of The Weekly edition in which the infor­ Ukraine during World War II. The modern history. Later, separate mi­ nistries were established for Polish, mation is to be published. further implication is, that a republic in Ukraine during World War II was a bad Jewish, Russian and other minorities. ^ All materials must be typed and double-spaced. thing, most probably a pro-Nazi repub­ At first, 1 was going to ignore this lic, therefore something to steer clear of. letter from the minister. I thought it had 1 can't think of any other explanation gotten enough coverage. But the more I * Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the why a "wartime" Ukrainian republic thought about it, the angrier I got. A name of the publication and the date of the edition. would cause Canada and its foreign slow, cold, yet white-hot anger. The policy any problems. disinformation had worked so well that * Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white For Mr. Clark's benefit, I'll give him a not only the Canadian media believed (or color with good contrast). They will be returned only when so very brief history lesson. For more it, but our own government did, too! 1 requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. information he, and his assistants, wonder how "well-informed" External should read "Ukraine during World Affairs is on other East European ^ Full names and their correct English spellings must be provided. War II: History and its Aftermath" matters. (Edmonton, Canadian 1nstitute of In memory of the millions, including * Perspns who submit any materials must provide a phone number Ukrainian Studies, I987). my relatives, who perished during that where they may be reached during the work day if any additional * I) During Vvoiiu Wai I1, noI only Nazi occupation, 1 think Ukrainian information is required. was there no Ukrainian '^republic," Canadians deserve a third letter from Ukraine did not even have its own Mr; CiarkJ;Jwith a real apology. : - No. 20­ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987

A tragic gallery Oksana Popovych: an invalid in prison From a series of biographical sketches dedicated to had almost disappeared from Ukrainian literature. the memory of YuriyLytvyn, a Ukrainian publicist Then came the period of the Ukrainian samvydav who died in a present-day death camp in the USSR. (clandestine publications). In. the works Oksana found frank discussion of topics that could be by Nina Strokata found in officially sanctioned literature only by reading between the lines ^ if at a11. Oksana like Oksana Popovych was born in 1926 in Horo- other readers of samvydav, was aware that this denka, Ivano-Frankivske region. Her childhood unaerground Ukrainian literature deserved to came during a period when the Ukrainian people, reach a wider circle of readers, and she decided to torn apart by three occupiers, were preparing to rise help disseminate it. against their enemies. Her people's struggle against This woman, who earned her living by doing hard the German and Russian invaders took place manual work, would be able to tell us much about during her teens. the values she found in the Ukrainian samvydav In 1944, when German forces withdrew from and about how she passed on these values to her Ukraine, other occupiers, emerging victorious from compatriots. Her involvement in samvydav ended Wor1d War II, entered Ukraine. The reinstitution with her arrest and the typical official charge: "anti­ of Moscow's authority was accompanied by mass Soviet agitation and propaganda." persecutions. Oksana became one of the numerous victims of this wave of repression: she was Oksana's arrest came in October 1974. Shortly sentenced to 10 years' of imprisonment. before her arrest, Oksana underwent hipbone surgery. After this operation she was in need of a Oksana spent the term of her incarceration in the prolonged period of recuperation, which should northern concentration camps of the USSR. From have included intensive nursing care. A KGB accounts of people who were with her, we learn that prosecutor turned to Oksana's physician with a she actively participated in the continuous struggle request to allow him to interrogate his patient. The inside the labor camps led by former members and granting of this request was treated by the KGB sympathizers of the Organization of Ukrainian prosecutor as a "green light" for Oksana's arrest. Oksana Popovych Nationalists (0UN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent During the pre-trial investigation, Oksana went о Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Army (UFA). a hunger strike and maintained it for 45 days. Only In October 1982, Oksana's labor camp term came While imprisoned, Oksana attempted to escape. under the threat of force-feeding did she stop her to an end and she was sent into exile. Her attempt was unsuccessful: she was cut down by strike. Soon afterwards began the mockery of the Under Soviet law any inmate with a disability a burst from a guard's automatic rifle. Shot in the court investigation. The court declared Oksana to such as Oksana's may be released from additional hip, she became an invalid for life. be an extremely dangerous recidivist and sentenced punishment, i.e. exile. But in Oksana's case this Her prison term came to an end in 1954. She her to 13 years of imprisonment: eight years' provision was not applied. Since the fall of 1982, managed to settle in the Ivano-Frankivske region incarceration in strict-regimen labor camps and five she was been in exile in Siberia. Both in exile and in and later in the city of Ivano-Frankivske itself. years' exile. labor camp, she was forced to do the physical work Before Oksana had a chance to adjust to her new The entire process — the investigation and the she could^nat;d;o~'bfe<;aшe oi! 11tostatbofIhealttir | environment, the 1960s brought a new Ukrainian trial — did not last long, and in February of 1975, Oksana is unmarried and her closest relative is renaissance.. This cultural revival, initiated by the during International Women's Year, Oksana her mother, 01ena Yosypivna, who is well over 90 younger generation of intellectuals, had its origin in arrived at a women's labor camp in Mordovia. She years old. the old cultural center of Ukraine. At the time, entered this forced-labor camp on crutches. In early 1987, when Soviet authorities were Oksana eagerly read works by new authors who preparing to release some prisoners sentenced for fearlessly covered topics that, due to repressions, The entire period Oksana spent in the labor camp was one of continuous protest; not once did she "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda," they Nina Strokata is a founding member of the consent to perform slave labor in the camp. Only proposed that Oksana write a statement appealing Ukrainian Helsinki Group who has resided in the those who were imprisoned in a forced-labor camp for early release. Oksana turned down this United States since 1979 when she and her husband, can understand the harassment directed at an proposal. Sviatoslav Karavansky, were forced by Soviet inmate who does not adhere to the conduct code of Her term of exile will end in the fall of this year. authorities to emigrate. A version of this article was the camp. Oksana Popovych will have spent 23 years in published in Smoloskyp (spring 1987, No. 33). In 1979, Oksana became a member of the imprisonment. , . ; Ihor Olshaniwsky: remembering his community activism by Walter Bodnar Network). 1t is not my purpose to extol his virtues working for the release of Ukraine's leading (his deeds and accomplishments are testimony dissident of that time, Valentyn Moroz. Ihor was One year has passed since the untimely death on May 8 of enough), but to remember. chosen as coordinator of the existing human-rights Ihor Olshaniwsky, the principal founder of Americans for Born in Halych, Ukraine, having witnessed committees and spearheaded the drive to launch a Human Rights in Ukraine (AHRU) and UNCHA1N atrocities at age 12 against Ukrainians by the course of action through rallies, hunger strikes and (Ukrainian National Center: History and Information Communists and Nazis, he fled with his father to lobbying in Congress. The first letter written to the escape the return of the Communists, emigrated to entire congress in behalf of Mr. Moroz resulted in a America, served in the front lines of the United rather modest response — one letter of support States Army in Korea and became an American from the Rev. Robert F. Drinan, the congressman citizen. 1hor defended Ukrainian political prisoners from Massachusetts. continuously until his death at the age of 56. With the subsequent release of Mr. Moroz to the United States, the Committee for the Defense of Planting both feet on American soil he preceeded Valentyn Moroz fulfilled its function. Now what? It to work within the framework of the American^ would be a shame to disband. Enter AHRU. establishment to ease the plight of political Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine prisoners in Ukraine and to raise the consciousness (AHRU), an outgrowth and expansion of the New of Ukrainian Americans to take a more active ro1e Jersey Moroz Committee idea launched largely in the democratic system. He would comment on through the efforts of 1hor, has a track record (since the indecision of those who settled down in its inception in 1979) that cannot go unnoticed. America and straddled the civic/political fence Serving as coordinator and later as its constitu­ with one foot in Ukraine and another in the United tional president, 1hor pitched into this project with States. a fervor that would be hard to match. To him the defense of human rights was a 1n addition to working for a governmental universal issue that was applicable both to America agency to earn a living, Ihor devoted the rest of his and Ukraine. Thus, it not only fulfilled his personal waking hours to the human-rights struggle and its aspirations, but at the same time could serve as a concommitant spin-offs^ He drove himself and springboard to launch the many issues which others to achievements above normal expectations, directly affected the Ukrainian American commu­ to discover potentials not yet realized. nity and Ukraine. Under his leadership and guidance, AHRU was So, it was not surprising that he became an instrumental (in the U.S. Congress alone) in activist in the Ukrainian Helsinki Watch committee achieving the following results: that monitored cumpliance with the Helsinki * passage of the Ukrainian Famine Bill in the Accords and reported on the abuses by the Soviet U.S. Congress; H.R. 4459 in the House and S. 2456 Union, especially in areas where Ukrainian political in the Senate, signed by the president oh October prisoners were involved. i2,j984;, ,^.-... :'::\..;':':::. . : ,'^L.: A giant step forward in the formulation of an 'і'passage of H.Con.4 ^. 205 in the Congress The 1ate !hor Olshaniwsky idea and concrete actions came about while (Continued ЗИ page 12) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 No.20

FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN UKRAINE

commitment to nuclear power with no and the subordination of safety needs to Chornobyl recalled in Warren significant change in the pattern of economic demands." construction procedures. According to The glaring contrasts between the by Myrosia Stefaniuk becomes notoriously unstable," Dr. Soviet sources, the city of Prypiat "...is attitude of the Soviet Union and that of Marples said. coming back to life" because it has been the free Christian wor1d, particularly in WARREN, Mich. - "Can a disaster When this fault was pointed out to "successfully cleaned of radioactive regard to the sacredness of human life, such as Chornobyl be attributed mainly the Soviets 10 years ago by British particles." Twenty-six villages in the were underscored in the benediction by (or solely) to human error? Was it not engineers, the Soviet solution was to 30-kilometer zone have already been the Very Rev. Bernard Panczuk, rather a consequence of both the way in instruct operators "to avoid unsafe repopulated and agricultural work is OSBM, pastor of the 1mmaculate which nuclear power plants are being situations," noted the economic histo­ scheduled to start this spring. In spite of Conception Ukrainian Catholic organized and the current economic rian. At Chornobyl, because of "a continued cesium prevalence in the Church: priorities of the USSR?" Dr. David R. mistake" that to date has not been regional vegetation and in the lake "This week of memories is a week of Marples, research associate at the clarified, the operators created an sediment of the Kiev reservoir — in a ironies...how different are the praises Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Stu­ "unsafe situation" by bypassing safety zone thought to be unsafe for habita­ that the two wor1ds sing. One wor1d - dies, posed these questions in the systems, and causing a dangerous low­ tion - the new city of Slavutych will Soviet communism — a godless empire, epilogue to his book "Chernobyl and powered situation with an inadequate accommodate thousands of plant last year arnd today ignores Chornobyl Nuclear Power in the USSR" (St. control system, which ultimately led to workers, only 28 miles away from the and its many victims. The other wor1d Martin's Press, 1986). tragedy, The subsequent explosion reactor that exploded. turns to God today, through prayers, At a commemorative program, "Chor­ released about 3.5 percent of the reactor Dr. Marples provided evidence that asking for consolation, blessing, help nobyl Remembered," on May I at the core, which constituted around 7 tons of the area is being revived, despite grave and for true inner and wor1d peace." Ukrainian Cultural Center here, Dr. radioactive material. risks to human life, because the Chor­ Marples answered these questions and 1nitially, there was general confusion The Chornobyl commemoration was nobyl plant has been found to be sponsored by a committee which in­ presented succinct evidence to support and bewilderment on the part of Soviet indispensible to Soviet economy. his conclusions. authorities over what to do, said Dr, cluded numerous Ukrainian and other The luncheon event began with an Marples. Health warnings, evacuation The adjustments and improvements East European representative groups, invocation delivered by the Very Rev. procedures and decontamination were on Soviet reactor construction, suggest­ through the initiative of the Ukrainian Alexander Bykowetz, pastor of St. not put into effect until days later, and ed by the 1nternational Atomic Energy American Coordinating Council of Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church, radioactive doses were deliberately Agency at a special meeting in Vienna Detroit. who stated: downplayed. Life proceeded "normally" last August, have not been put in place Following the welcoming remarks by "Today, as we commemorate our as contaminated products were con­ to date, he noted, adding that interna­ Myroslaw Chrin and the reading of a beloved brothers, sisters, children and sumed, and children and adults worked tional inspectors have limited access to proclamation by Warren Mayor Ro­ even unborn infants who perished in the and played outdoors. When Radio Kiev safety features on the reactorand that the nald Bonkowsky, Michael Berezowsky atomic catastrophe in Chornobyl - finally issued public health warnings on effectiveness of the concrete sarcopha­ acknowledged the participation of comfort us, О Lord, who mourn for the May 5, panic ensued. 1n the month that gus over the damaged unit is ques­ numerous congressional and guberna­ loss of human life and ecology ... followed, over 25;0GO residents tionable and untested. 1n the final torial representatives. comfort us by receiving their departed were evacuated, all subjected to high analysis, only the Soviets themselves Messages were read from the offices sou1s ... comfort us by the assurance levels of radiation. Due to lack of can decide what constitutes a safe of: U.S. Sens. Donald Riegle and Carl that the wor1d will never forget this information and geiger counters, and reactor in their nuclear industry. Levin, Michigan State Sen. Doug Carl, Iragedy'dr those responsible for it by because of callousness on the part of Thus, when all is said and done, Dr. Reps. Dennis M. Hertel and David E. their negligence and compIete disregard certain officials, uncertainty prevailed Marples concluded, the Chornobyl Bonior, and Michigan Gov. James for human life ...comfort us by assisting throughout this period. disaster "was a direct consequence of Blanchard. Soviet attitudes toward nuclear power, the noble efforts of all those who labor Over the past year, clean-up opera­ Some 250 persons attended the event. in bringing this tragedy of the Ukrai­ tions have involved a labor force of nian people to the attention of all the 40,000 to 50,000 individuals. The civi­ peoples of the Free Wor1d..." lians used initially for this job were later New Yorkers commemorate accident Dr. Marples confirmed that the replaced by a military contingent that NEW YORK - Over 100 people Ukrainian costume over mock corpses accident at Chornobyl occurred continued the hazardous duty in unpro­ because of a series of blunders by gathered at the 1saiah Wall across from in a street theatre dramatization of the tected conditions. the United Nations May 1 to comme­ disaster. Participants also sang the inexperienced operators who were Scientists, scholars and public offi­ untrained for nuclear industry, but morate the first anniversary of the Ukrainian national anthem. cials continue the great debate about Chornobyl nuclear disaster in Soviet 1n answer to the question of how more importantly, he verified that estimates of casualties, the short- and g%JGhiiical flaws in the design of the Ukraine, reported The New York City relatives in Ukraine were doing, Ms. long-term impacts of low-level radia­ Tribune. Lozynskyj read excerpts from letters Soviet RBMK-type reactor were ulti­ tion, projected numbers of Chornobyl- mately responsible for the disaster. "On the first anniversary of the received from an individual in Kiev related diseases and deaths, and the some five months after the accident. Pioneered in the 1950s for military Chornobyl nuclear disaster, a countless data base for these prognoses. Dr. "How is our life?," the letter read. purposes, the Soviet RBMK reactor Marples noted that one fact is clear: number of Ukrainians are slowly dying was criticized for its lack of contain­ of radiation poisoning," Ronia Lozyn- "That question is very difficult to Due to lack of information and the answer because we really don't know - ment. 1ts most adverse flaw, however is belated response of local authorities at skyj, spokesperson for the Ukrainian what is called "the positive void co­ Congress Committee of America, told that is to say, we don't know how much the time of the accident, the totals will time we have left to live, what is efficient." 1n layman's terms, this means be unduly higher than could be expect­ the gathering. "Yet the West is pre­ that "...if there is an increase in the occupied in praising Gorbachev's 'glas- happening to us or how we will continue ed. And the environment in the areas to live. We have no information after amount of steam in the reactor core, affected will be seriously damaged for nost initiatives' instead of demanding more water converts into steam, and the that Ukraine and all of its affected areas the accident. many years and generations to come. "The crucial problem is food. 1 am not power continues to rise. At anything Nevertheless, the Soviet Union con­ be open to public inspection." less than 20 percent full power, it buying any greens, although they are tinues its ambitious programs and A larger-than-life skeleton threw a plentiful in the stores. We haven't been shadow over the people, who were drinking milk since the beginning of holding candles and stalks of black May(1986). wheat, which symbolized the 1and and "We have been eating old potatoes, Hartford Ukrainians in walk-a-fhon the people of Ukraine. but soon there will be none left. And The people gathered at the wall to by Martha Kolinsky then what? My gums are always aching, suffer birth defects and to memorialize mourn past, present and future victims the deceased victims of this nuclear and blood pours from them. I am losing of the accident with prayers and songs, HARTFORD, Conn. ~ Ukrainian disaster. All monies collected were my teeth. and to protest what they called Soviet youths of Greater Hartford participated donated to the March of Dimes. "The government tells us not to disregard for international norms and in the annual 30 kilometer walk-a-thon 1n addition, a memorial service was panic. They tell us to live our lives sponsored by the March of Dimes and human life in the name of nuclear normally, even to go swimming and to held on Monday, April 27, at 7 p.m., at power, the Tribune reporter Bohdan dedicated their walk to the memory of St. MichaeFs Ukrainian Catholic sunbathe. They tell us to eat everything Faryma wrote. the victims of the Chornobyl nuclear Church. Mrgr. Stephen Chomko de­ that is in the stores, although everyone accident in Ukraine. livered a sermon reminding parishio­ While official Soviet reports stated knows that the food is a11 highly radio­ The event took place on Sunday, ners not to forget this nuclear trage­ that 31 people were the victims of the active." April 26, on the streets of West dy and remind others of its significance disaster, 1hor Gerashchenko, a scientist 1n her closing statement, Ms. Lo­ Hartford and Hartford. The youths to the Ukrainian people so that it will and human-rights activist who has zynskyj said that "in commempratin wore T-shirts with the slogan "Ukrai­ not be covered up by the Soviet emigrated to the West with his wife, this day, let us recall still anothei nian Youth Remember Chornobyl, government like the artificial famine of poet 1rina Ratushinskaya, testified tragedy suffered by the Ukrainian April 26, 1986." 1932-33 was for so many years. The before the U.S. Helsinki Commission in people: that the Soviet Russian colo­ Along the route, interested citizens local CBS affiliate covered the me­ Washington on March 31 that some nialists have already committed the asked the Ukrainian walkers what their morial service on the 11 p.m. news. 15,000 people have died as a result of the crime of genocide against the Ukrainian T-shirts meant. They explained that the After the liturgy, information was accident. nation in 1933 by means of a man-made Si6Viet govfernment did hot and does not provided by Peter Shahay about the 1n .commeniQrating the tra^edjr, the famine." , altow otit!iide huiftanitarian aid for the rapid build-up of nuclear power plants participants of the vigil also ^xpressed The C0niriieiti6rati^^e gatheriiig was victims of Chornobyl so they have taken in Ukraine by the Soviet government hope for the resurrection'of Ukraine sp6ns6red by the Ukrairiiati Sttidents it upon themselves to indirectly help the with disregard for precautions to pro­ and its people, the Tribune said. Association of ivlykola Michnowsky living victims who undoubtedly will tect human life. A cross was fteid by a young girl m (TUSM). No.20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987

FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN UKRAINE Montreal Ukrainians marI( anniversary of nuclear disaster by Andrew Hluchowecky

MONTREAL - More than I,000 members of Montrears Ukrainian community commemorated the first anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster with a candlelight procession on Monday, April 27, at St. Joseph's Oratory. This magnificent religious shrine, situated on the northern side of Mount Royal is wor1d-renowned for its numerous miracles, as evidenced by the scores of crutches found at its main entrance. The large crowd, perhaps looking for a miracle for brothers and sisters in Ukraine, braved cold weather and a paralyzing transit strike, surprising even the most optimistic of community leaders.

Letters from Kiev

As the candle-lit procession made its way at twilight towards St. Joseph's Oratory, two recently obtained letters from the Kiev area were read out describing the horrors and misery experienced by the farmers and workers residing close to the site of the Chorno­ byl accident. "The simple but moving words writ­ ten in Ukrainian depict a reality that contradicts the information that is presently being disseminated by Soviet officials," said event coordinator Mar- kian Shwec. One such letter recounts how live­ stock infected with radiation had been taken away and burned by government officials. The few animals that did survive had little to feed on, since the grain contaminated by the fallout from Chornobyl had to be destroyed. A subsequent excerpt emphasized that even though many people died as a result of the radiation, still others were forcibly sent to the disaster site to work: "...It is truly an enormous tragedy that people are being sent to Chornobyl to work. Many people have died. Procession commeniorating the first anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident winds its way toward the Countless others are lying in hospitals, Basilica at St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal. many of whom will not be cured as a result of the radiation..." that General Secretary Mikhail Gor­ candles in hand, sang along with the bachev did not make any official Holy Ghost Parish choir, directed by Aussies pIace Ukrainian children's fate public statements about Chornobyl Jerry Panasiuk, creating an electrifying until nearly three weeks had elapsed, atmosphere of high emotion and com­ and then he confined himself to atta­ munity solidarity. commemorative ad One of the letters described the plight cking Western news reports. Thousands ESSEN DON, Australia - The Aus­ of Ukrainian children: of lives were put at risk as a consequence The aevastating nature of the Chor­ tralian Federation of Ukrainian Orga­ "...The explosion at Chornobyl has of this government-sanctioned silence, nobyl disaster brought together, in nizations took out an ad in one of the brought us much misfortune. Many the speaker pointed out. brotherly friendship, people of many major Australian newspapers, The nations. Ukrainians, French and En­ Weekend Australian, on April 25-26 in children have been taken away from Following the completion of the their parents and the authorities do not glish Canadians, Lithuanians, Esto­ commemoration of the first anniversary official outdoor program, the 1,000­ nians, Latvians, Poles, Hungarians, of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. Over always say where. This is one more strong procession continued along the sorrow to endure. I truly do not care Rumanians, Slovaks and others all 64 individuals academics, politicians, winding stairway towards the central participated in this solemn vigil, thus and bishops signed the advertisement. about myself, but I do worry for the Basilica, in step with the religious children..." bringing home quite tellingly that this The ad reads, "On the first anniver­ marches played by Montreal's SUM event was of worldwide proportions. sary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, The keynote speaker, Eugene Czolij, brass band, Trembita, under the di­ we express our concern for the Ukrai­ a lawyer and president of the Ukrainian rection of Rostyslav Kulish. The candle-lit procession and prayer nian people and all affected areas of Youth Association (SUM), recalled the service were part of the April 26 — May Europe. tragic events of one year ago when the Once inside, pastors from several of 2 commemoration designated by the "We urge the Soviet authorities to re­ fourth unit of the Chornobyl nuclear Montreal's Ukrainian churches led the "Wor1d Congress of Free Ukrainians as think the policy of siting nuclear re­ plant exploded, spewing deadly radio­ Moleben prayers 1or me victims 01 me Chornobyl Commemoration Week. actors near heavily populated areas, to active particles into the environment. Chornobyl disaster - past and future. incorporate secondary containment Mr. Czolij accused the Soviet The Rev. Dr. Igor Monczak delivered Montreal's participation culminated vessels, to submit to monitoring by the governm!ent ,9f cximinal negligence in aii imi!)assioned spiritual overview of on May 2 with a walk-a-thon in which 1nternational1 А]іфшіс Energy Agency, not informing the residents of the this tragedy! close to I00 Ukrainian students took and t0,allow ivi:rfticial public groups to Chornobyl area and capital city of Kiev part. All money pledged was designated freely express iheir views on nuclear of what had transpired. He pointed out Many of the faithful that evening, lui me Canadian Cancer Society. issues." 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 No.20

BOOK REVIEW BOOK NOTE Dictionary of color names, science A Ukrainian American cookbook English'Ukrainian Dictionary of Color Names and Color Science by Anatole Our Favorite Ukrainian-American Recipes by members of St. Wolodymyr Wowk, Ukrainian Studies, Vol. 55. Bohdan Struminsky, ed. New York: Ukrainian Catholic Church (Marlboro, N.J.) Collierville, Tenn.: Fundcraft Shevchenko Scientific Society, 1986. 94 pp. Publishing, Inc. 1984. 96 pp. by Wolodymyr T. Zyla hair and eyes, animal coats, etc. The "Our Favorite Ukrainian-American Ukrainian equivalents come from va­ Recipes" is just what the title implies. 1t There is a rare publication whose rious dictionaries (mainly from The is a collection of the favorite recipes of 1^^ ^^\-~ implications go well beyond the limits Dictionary of Ukrainian Language, the members of St. Wolodymyr Ukrai­ ) 3Sifep ^/i 1970-1980, 11 volumes) and make the of an ordinary dictionary. As far as I nian Catholic Church in Marlboro, '^ /f]^^^i^5^^y^ know, it is the first two-language translations as accurate as possible. The N.J., and was prepared as a fund-raising /4^;^Ж^I^^/ dictionary that covers color names and direct equivalents usually appear first, campaign. color science. At first glance, it might followed by more distant words, then by Made up of 11 sections, such as *^"^*^fCZj-^"М^^!І^-^ЧР seem that the lexicography of color synonyms and morphological word appetizers, relishes and pickles, main today should present no difficulty, but variants. Some Ukrainian words which dishes, low-calorie dishes, cooking - - that is not true. There is still no consen­ present difficulty in accentuation are hints, and others, the book contains г^^^ШЕ/ sus on the meaning of many color provided with accent marks. both Ukrainian and American recipes. 1 Й ^^^^ 1 names. Even the most popular colors — The dictionary has two appendices. Among the recipes listed are MGnsig- as far as their hue, lightness and satura­ Appendix I covers the UCL systems and nor Borsa's Tomato Soup, Fast and Щ^/щ^^?А tion are concerned — lack uniformity in its Ukrainian adaptation; Appendix II Easy French Onion Soup, Wedding description in standard dictionaries contains lists of Ukrainian color names Korovai, Marusia's Honey Cake, and generally. grouped by the main color name or by 14-Karat Cake. \7 ^-c:^r*c^,-^ Fortunately the American National category of colored objects. Also here The book may be ordered from Luba Bureau of Standards in cooperation each Ukrainian entry is followed by its Kasian, 69 Willow Drive, Little Silver, %jfcHfOm/f \ ,. with the Int^r-Sp^?iety Coi6r Council, in closest English equivalent. N.J., 07739, for S5 plus S1.5O for Сш^7иат, - S^mefucan z/UKxfuA order tp lessen such difficulties, has In a separate section of Appendix II, postage. developed the system known as the the specifications for the colors of the Universal Color Language (UCL). This Ukrainian flag are discussed by refer­ also talked about how the Soviets re­ is a major step toward ameliorating the ring to the UCL. These colors can be \NC^,UCC... sponded medically to the accident. In situation because it makes available designated in terms of international (Continued from page 1) summing up, the commission stated: simple and practical standardized des­ color codes as strong blue (code No. 178 "Long-term programs for monitoring criptions of some 267 main or "cen- with some deviation to brilliant blue - to cause concern to the Western nations the medical and biological conse­ troid" colors. code No. 177) and golden yellow ap­ as well as to the citizens of the Soviet quences of the Chornobyl accident arc Anatole Wowk, while working on his proaching vivid orange (code No. 66 Union. The placing of blame heavily on being established in the USSR. A dictionary, prepared an adaptation of with some deviation to vivid yellow — the shoulders of operators diverts registry of those exposed to radiation is the UCL for the Ukrainian language code No. 82). The code assignment in attention from the real causes of the being established with the intent of equivalents and used it here in his both cases belongs to Wolodymyr accident. These causes are more justi­ studying the long-term consequences of ЬіI^5^^^е^і1ЩШда^Ш]Лгап^1|^ііШ;:^ ;)Тгеш;Ьіску,^ a scholar of Ukrainian fiably in the regime of power reactor radiation exposure and to ensure medi­ English color names. heraldry. design and in the lack of concern for the cal surveillance. The Soviets state that safety of personnel, the local popula­ Since the dictionary is intended the number and frequency of examina­ This dictionary lists some 950 Eng­ tion and the environment. In our primarily for Ukrainian users, a11 tions will be determined on the basis of lish color entries found in representative judgement, placing blame on indivi­ introductory material as well as the two national and international recom­ modern dictionaries, three American duals will not reduce the likelihood of appendices is in Ukrainian. However, mendations. Dr. R. Gale, when in and one British. In addition to the repetition of such accidents. There is there is a short English preface. Moscow, signed an agreement witK Dr. names of colors, we find names used for considerable evidence, extracted from In this pioneering work, Mr. Wowk A. Vorobiev, head of the Institute of the description of multi-colored and Soviet publications and interviews with gives us the record as well as the results Postgraduate Medical Education in the parti-colored objects, e.g., human skin, 1AEA (1nternational Atomic Energy of his outstanding scholarly research USSR, to conduct a long-term scientific Agency) officials who have visited over some 15 years. Not the least of this study of the biomedical consequences of Soviet reactors, of the low standards of dictionary's merits are its excellent the Chornobyl accident. Book one of 50 best reactor safety in the USSR." introduction, an extensive bibliography "The importance of long-term follow­ ^_JїIЖJCaiLK,-,^ Д. bpak: Q in English and in Ukrainian, and two The report also discussed where the up cannot be overemphasized. At stak I Libris" by the late Ukrainian artist valuable diagrams which make it alto­ persons who cleaned up the mess after is not only the health of the exposed Jacques Hnizdovsky has been selected gether an extremely valuable reference the accident came from - they were population, but also, given the large one of the 50 best books of the year by work. It is, in short, a notable contribu­ mostly from the Baltic and Central population size and significant radia­ the American Institute of Graphic Art. tion to Ukrainian lexicography. Asian republics and Soviet Ukraine - tion doses received, the potential data­ This is the second time that a book by The book may be ordered from the and also discussed their working situa­ base for follow-up studies of the long Mr. Hnizdovsky has been chosen for Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 tions. Wrote the commission: even term effects of radiation.exposure. The this honor. In I972 his "Flora Exotica" Fourth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003, today "working conditions in the clean­ long term follow-up may help resolve was one of the institute's 50 best. for S1O (postage included). up area are deplorable." the controversy over the contention that there 1S no threshold dose and that even The living situation is just as bad, small exposures (ie. 10 rems or less) will With profound sorrow we wish to inform our friends, they wrote. Although several cities have relatives and the Ukrainian Community that cause an increase in cancer incidence." been hastily constructed in the past year The last section of the report dealt for clean-up workers to live in, there are with the commission's recommenda­ PAUL R. JAREMA still many problems in this area, as well. tions and findings. Amorigthe 17 points Erik Pozdyshev, the Chornobyl station are: passed away on IVlay 8th, 1987 director in an interview with Pravda, Panachyda was held Sunday, May 10th and Monday, May 11th, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. voiced the following, which was quoted * the accident was caused by a series at P. Jarema Funeral Home, 129 East 7th Street, New York. N.Y. 10003. in the report: of errors made by the reactor operators; Funeral Service - took place on Tuesday, May 12th, 9:30 a.m. at St. George ^ the Soviet Union has one of the. Ukrainian Catholic Church, New York, N.Y. 'There is one problem that keeps world's most aggressive nuclear energy In Sorrow: cropping up. People ask: Why is our programs and some of its construction Daughter - SABRINA JAREMA-CHYZY accommodation allocated on a tempo­ materials are shoddy; rary basis? After all, we are permanent * because the authorities delayed in workers; why are our apartments and reporting the accident, serious health With profound sorrow we wish to inform residence permits temporary? These consequences will result; our friends, relatives and the Ukrainian community that questions have been raised at all meet­ * the official Soviet number of 31 ings and in party groups and, quite dead because of the accident is ques­ Prof. IVAN KOWALIW honest1y, 1 can not come up with a tioned; logical response to this question. The * the incidence of genetic disease will ARTIST, POET, MUSICIAN point is that the housingfor personnelis increase as a result of the accident; | passed away on Tuesday, May 5th, 1987 in Toronto, Canada located in Kiev and Chernihiv and * the Soviets have undertaken a Panachyda was held on Wednesday, May 6th and Thursday, May7th at 8:00 p.m. temporary residence permits are also at Cardinal Funeral Home, Toronto. long-term program for monitoring the issued there. 1t is true that we will build medical and biological consequences of Funeral Services took place on Friday, May 8th, 1987 at 9:30 a.m. from St. a new city. A decision to this effect had Nicholas Ukrainian Catholk: Church, Toronto. Interment was at Park Lawn Cemetary, the accident; been taken, but it is a matter for the * the clean-up operation was con­ Toronto. future.'' In Sorrow: ducted at great expense to those con­ Wife - OKSANA with sons; IHOR, 0REST, ANDRIJ, Daughter-in-law MARIKA and 1n looking at the medical aspects of scripted and little concern was shown Grandchildren MYRON, LARYSA, TARAS the disaster, the c0ramission explained for their'well-being. " Brother - ROMAN, HIS WIFE BRONyS^LAWA wi^ pbi)^r^iyiyj^l^^nd STEFAN, . now radiation levels are measured in the Additional copii^s 4)1-the report mav dther Family members in Canada, U.S.A. and Ukraine ^fiuriian ^668y'ahcf tFic"effect Variation be ordered from Фе WCFU, (416) 762­ has on the body and on the fetus. They 1108. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987

who were put there by the Germans, Ukrainians and Army to defeat Nazism, and many gave their lives. The Demjanjuk trial... others?" Even in the camps there were 'other' Ukrainians. 1 feel (Continued from page 5) Dr. Arad: "On the basis of my research and the 1 have to say this." the commandant of the Treblinka camp were tried - documents 1 examined, those who actually activated l personally did not hear Dr. Arad's statement to the M.S.] the gas engines were those two Ukrainians we press. Nonetheless, 1 have no reason to doubt the Mr. O'Connor: "And also perhaps the individuals mentioned yesterday - 1van Grozny and Nikolai." accuracy of the Israeli newspaper's report. 1 do not viewed as Ukrainians, but in fact had German blood, Bench: "That was at Treblinka, but in other camps know if anyone asked Dr. Arad who those "other" mother and father, all the way back for many, many where there were gas chambers, the actual activating, Ukrainians in the camps were — guards or inmates, generations. Is that true, doctor? Ukrainians that were operating of the gas chambers - was this done by and whether all those Ukrainians who did not serve in true Aryans? Is that true?" Germans or was that by those by [sic] whom the the Red Army were not criminals or at the very 1east Dr. Arad: "1 cannot answer this question. I did not Germans had assigned the job?" only collaborators. I am almost certain that no such questions were asked. go into the question of blood type or race type. I was Dr. Arad: "As a matter of principle, the Germans not concerned with that in my research and anything tried to implement the same method in a11 the different That is how Ukrainians were represented at the beyond what 1 said earlier about the volksdeutsche extermination camps, in other words, put this sort of Demjanjuk trial in that part of the proceedings in and the Ukrainians, 1 cannot unfortunately elabo­ assignment on to the Ukrainians to the extent that they which lawyers and a prominent Israeli historian rate." found Ukrainians ready to perform these tasks, but, of appeared One could thus hardly have expected the Mr. O'Connor: "Thank you doctor. I didn't expect course, they were under the command of a German." charge of genocide against Ukrainians as a national you to be an ethnologist. But we have been using the (p. 4З9) group to have sounded differently in the testimony of word 'Ukrainian' and 1 wanted to get a better idea Holocaust survivors. And so, against the backgfound whom you mean by Ukrainian, doctor, with reference Perhaps to ensure that there be absolutely no of what is being entered into the court record, such to that nationality." (pp. 390-391) misunderstanding in the historical record with respect highly publicized outbursts by members of the public to who the real perpetrators of genocide were, Judge as that of Mordechai Fuchs, who shouted at the end of Somewhat later in the same session, Mr. O'Connor Dorner asked Dr. Arad: asked Dr. Arad to explain the German term "Hiwi." several sessions of the proceedings that "Ukrainians "Do you differentiate between Ukrainians and hung us without a trial, why are we giving a trial to that The prosecution witness answered that "the concept of volksdeutscher?" Hiwi stands for Hilfswillige — freely translated it monster Demjanjuk? He should be hung without a means auxiliary personnel, at 1east in the Hebrew Dr. Arad: "The so-called Ukrainian unit, I already trial," appear perfectly justified and should astonish version... The equivalent in English would be auxiliary said today that in addition to Ukrainian members, no one. , personnel. Although willige does have the connotation there were also volksdeutscher. In other words, ethnic What does arouse astonishment is that the Ukrai­ of volunteers." Germans who lived in the different parts of the Soviet nian community is reacting amost exclusively in its Union, who had been recruited into the Soviet Army, own midst to the charge that Ukrainians as a nation Mr. O'Connor: "Doctor, would Hiwi be more of a fell captive to the German Army and, like the liquidated Jews during Wor1d War H,even though the derogatory term used by the Aryans or by the SS to all Ukrainians, were taken out of the camps, were taken only effective response to defamation on this scale is those they were employing as their helpers?" to Trawniki, volunteered, and from there were representation in court. And not in the ro1e of Dr. Arad: "I'm not qualified to give an answer on assigned to the different camps of Sobibor, Treblinka observers (official or otherwise), nor in the form of this point. All I can say in expanding on the subject a and so on." statements to the Israeli government or to ttie press little - the local population used the terms Hiwis, or Judge Dorner: "But in respect of their actual from Ukrainian organizations, this or that committee, the Trawniki people, or the Ukrainians. 1n other functions, we've already heard that the Ukrainians as or private individuals. words, the local population used these terms in we have collectively described them, they were the The defan/. *on to which the Israeli court has describing the Ukrainian unit." (pp. 400-40I) ones who took, performed the guard's duties in the resorted necessitates the presence at the trial of an Despite his admission that determining the national various stages, in the various aspects of the actual attorney to defend the interests of the Ukrainian composition of the guard units had not been part of his killing process. But, were there among these Ukrainian nation with the right to cross-examine and call historical research on the extermination camps in units also volksdeutscher?" witnesses in order to refute the false charges of question, later in the same session Dr. Arad once again Dr. Arad: "Yes. Within this Ukrainian unit, active genocide that have been brought against Ukrainians used the collective term "Ukrainians" to apply to all in the camp both as guardsmen and similar tasks, there collectively. The presence of such an attorney with the those who killed Jews in the Nazi death camps. were also a few volksdeutscher. The overwhelming status of defender (rfainihtefe^t^d^p^ty^(a^S6^ Judge Levin: "Those who actually activated the gas majority were Ukrainians, but there were also "intervenor") must be assured by the Worid Congress chambers, were they Germans? Or were they people members of this unit who were volksdeutscher who of Free Ukrainians, as the representative of the helped in translating, interpreting, communication." organized Ukrainian community outside Ukraine. (p. 440) This is the only kind of representative that the Israeli Boyko... Before leaving the witness stand, Dr. Arad asked court must take seriously or face the opprobrium of (Continued from page 4) permission of the court to make a short statement. worid public opinion for its disregard of the funda­ Judge Levin denied the request. The Jerusalem Post of mental right to the accused of a defense, The argument U;S. Army in Korea and Vietnam February 20 reported that Dr. Arad "later told the that there is no clear precedent for such a defender from 1963to I972. 1n 1972 he trans­ press that he had wanted to stress that not all does not hold in this case, insofar as the Israeli court ferred to the U.S. Army Reserve. Ukrainians were as bad as 1van the Terrible." The has itself stressed the unique nature of this trial and He is a lieutenant colonel with the newspaper quoted him as saying: *'Hundreds of attributed to it an educational purpose over and above Military Police Corps of the U.S. thousands of Ukrainians fought loyally in the Red a purely juridical one. Army Reserve and an instructor at the Command and General Staff College. He is also a lieutenant colonel in the ENTRY BLANK Civil Air Patrol of the U.S. Air Force Ukrainian National Association Auxiliary and is squadron comman­ National Golf Tournament der, search pilot and mission coordi­ July 10-1l,l987 nator of the Wayne, N.J., patrol. Ambridge, Pa. Mr. Boyko is president of the Northwest New Jersey Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association and is chaplain of the Clifton, N.J., post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Boyko, a member of UNA Branch 42 in Passaic, N.J., said that 1 am a member of Branch as a UNA insurance salesman he will provide professional insurance ser­ My average score for 18 holes vices, like estate planning, to UNA members. He said he will focus not only on signing people up as mem­ Men Women ., bers but providing them with the Please reserve a cart for me for both days ;. insurance coverage they need. He noted that too many people purchase I have made a reservation at the a S1,00O UNA insurance policy just Sewickley Country Inn . to become members and then buy "real insurance" elsewhere. For this Send to: reason he said he plans to use a Andrew Jula 15 Sands Avenue direct-mail program targeted at Ambridge, Pa. 15003 prospective members to focus on Phone: (412)266-2686 various UNA insurance plans and AIJ/ENTIUES MUST BE IN BY JUNE 2, 1987 the ways these plans can be used in personal financial planning. Mr. Boyko said he and the other A check for $35.00 must accompany each entry. members of the UN A's new profes­ Please make out the check to U. N. A. Golf Tourna­ sional sales force arp trying to bring ment and attach to this Entry B1ank. the UNA'S insurance services up to The $35.00 fee includes green fees for both days and today's professional standards. "And a buffet and Awards Banquet. Golf carts are not z^ included. weVe well on our way toward thai goal," he emphasized. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 No. 20

behalf of Ukrainian political prisoners, including tions were formed and visits were made to local Ihor Olshaniwsky... Mykola and Raisa Rudenko, 1van Svitlychny, congressional offices. A surge of newly found (Continued from page 7) Yuriy Shukhevych, Yosyf Zisels, Mykola Horbal, constituent support was found to be effective in leading to Presidential Proclamation 4973 on Oksana Meshko and Yosyp Terelia, as well as the putting pressure on the Washington offices. Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring Day, November 9, entire Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Subsequently, hearings were held in the Senate 1982 (sixth anniversary); In addition, there was 1hor's initiation and and the House with excellent testimony given from ^ promotion and passage of H.R. 3I0 (Ritter- writing of innumerable letters, articles, telegrams, various quarters. The bill was passed on a rider on Hoyer) in an attempt to hold Seaman Myroslav letters to the editor, proclamations, petitions, drafts the last day of the 98th Congress and was signed Medvid in the U.S. Also, S. 267 (Humphrey­ of legislation; making phone calls; support for into law by the president on October 12, 1984, Dixon) re: Medvid's forced deportation; college student groups through speaking and establishing the Ukraine Famine Commission to * lobbying for the establishment of the U.S. supplying literature; participation in panels, investigate and report on the circumstances of the Helsinki Commission in Congress; demonstrations, public meetings, awards cere­ Soviet government's man-made famine in Ukraine * lobbying for passage of H.Con.Res. 39I re: monies, and the many personal visits to govern­ in 1932-33. Helsinki monitoring groups and instructions to the mental and private offices. There were also actions 1n another area, Ihor had also promoted the American delegation at the follow-up conference in with Amnesty 1nternational, the 1nterreligious formation of the League of Ukrainian~ American Madrid; Task Force on Soviet Jewry, the Newark Presby­ Voters in New Jersey to support candidates who * lobbying for H.R. 25 (Annunzio), an amend­ tery, the Catholic Bishops' Conference, etc. could benefit the Ukrainian American community. ment to the Immigration Law designed to keep The passage of the federally funded Ukrainian This group worked on a non-partisan basis in Walter Polovchak in the U.S. and collecting funds Famine Bill was no doubt the greatest achievement support of human-rights activist Millicent Fen­ for his legal defense; for AHRU, for Ihor and for the Ukrainian wick, famine bill sponsors Rep. James J. Florio, ^ lobbying for more funding for Voice of American community. Following his plan 0faction Sen. Bill Bradley, New Jersey State Sen. Ronald America/Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe; and his instincts, at times contrary to the advice Rice, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman * supporting resolutions offering aid to victims given by bureaucrats and doubters, 1hor forged Charles E. Percy, and others. The group also of the Chornobyl disaster; ahead against the odds. He went into the trenches registered voters and encouraged Ukrainian * support for International Postal Agreements and led the battle with a band of doughty idealists Americans to become active in the democratic resolution through a telegram bank; to pull off what was termed in Washington circles process. * support for establishing and opening of the "a legislative miracle." Being a witness to this 1 can Perhaps Ihor's greatest legacy has yet to be Kiev Consulate; attest to the fortitude and perseverence of a man shown through UNCHA1N — Ukrainian National * supplying lists of political prisoners to who was able to distinguish the important from the Center: History and 1nformation Network. By traveling congressional delegations; unimportant, and separate the factual from the defending the civil and human rights of the accused * writing draft and seeking sponsors for the 10th frivolous. Mr. Demjanjuk and the Ukrainophobic campaign anniversary of Ukrainian Helsinki Group (passed When the famine bill reached a period of that followed, Ihor envisioned an effective means in 1986; Yatron/Broomfield, D'Amato/DeCon- stagnation in Congress 1hor took to the hustings in for combatting defamation and disseminating cini); New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 1llinois, correct data about Ukraine and Ukrainians. Thus, * letters to congressional delegation on visit of Virginia and other areas to get additional support UNCHAIN was proposed, incorporated and Volodymyr Shcherbytsky; demonstrations; from individuals and organizations, in addition to launched. Time ran out on him, but 1hor laid a good * letters to entire congress re: internal terro­ the many lobbying trips to Washington. He foundation on which meaningful programs and rism/pipe bombing of Soobzokov; explained that although the famine bill was gaining actions could be built. * letters to entire congress requesting oversight sponsors through continued lobbying in Congress, 1t would have been more edifying had his life hearings for OS1; it still lacked the majority support from the House been extended by several cubits, but it really does * letters to entire congress re: extradition of Foreign Affairs Committee. not matter that much in the eons of time. 1n the time John Demjanjuk and defamation; 1 accompanied him on a two-week tour to allotted him he left a legacy of major accomplish­ ^ postcard campaign re: Ukrainian Famine Bill Florida, a state that had key members sitting on the ments. He willed us a foundation of confidence on |it0 Sen. Percy. Postcard campaigns re: OSI to Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of which to build - thanks to him the potential President Reagan, Shultz, Meese, Thurmond, Representatives. With a singleness of purpose to get became the actual. 1t is not so much a matter of Rodino (40 thousand cards) the bill moving in Congress, 1hor proceeded to emulating or setting an example, but of acquiring3 * petitioning the president regarding the status separate the Florida oranges from the apples and new responsibility ~ working to change the things of Mr. Demjanjuk. got to the core of the problem: constituent support that need changing. Those who feel this responsibi­ Also, there were numerous letters sent on for the famine bill. Visiting practically every city, lity will think of 1 hor as a man who said that it couW AHRU's request by members of the House of town or hamlet known to have Ukrainian Ameri­ be done - and did it. Representatives and the Senate to Soviet leaders on cans,in Florida, Ihor solicited their help. Delega­ One year later... we remember...

in our efforts. It has always been a important document against Dem­ Linnas has been ordered deported to Ryan urged,,, source of great satisfaction to me janjuk and that the judge's inspection the Soviet Union and has nearly (Continued from page 3) that, whatever differences may have of it led directly to the successful exhausted his appeals. Mr. Ryan is now a lawyer for Har­ existed between our governments verdict. If, on the other hand, Demjanjuk vard University in Cambridge, Mass. during those years, the Department 1n 1986, after further proceedings, is convicted and sentenced for his 1n view of the importance of the of Justice and the Procuracy work^d Demjanjuk was extradited pursuant crimes, it will be a sign to a11 the Trawniki ID card issue, we publish closely and on friendly terms against to the formal request of Israel and he worid that Hitlerite crimes cannot be the full text of the letter apparently the criminals of fascism. is now imprisoned and awaiting trial. forgotten and that the fight against written by Mr. Ryan to the Soviet One of our most important cases As we are both prosecutors, I am sure fascism cannot be allowed to subside. procurator general. was that against Ivan (John) E)em- you will recognize that the case In my opinion, such a verdict would janjuk, born in the Ukrainian SSR, against Demjanjuk would be stren­ strengthen the support of the Ameri­ the man who operated the gas cham­ gthened if the original Soviet docu­ can people for the prosecutions and May30, 1986 ber at the death camp Treblinka. A ment could be made available to the deportations that are being conduct­ crucial piece of evidence in that case judge in that case. 1 personally and ed here. The Honorable Aleksandr Rekunkov was the identification card from the respectfully request that you exercise I trust you will agree when I Procurator General of the USSR training camp Trawniki, which was your authority to make available to Moscow held in Soviet archives. Although the suggest to you that any victory for the Israeli court the original Traw­ Hitlerite criminals, anywhere in the Soviet Union had provided an offi­ niki identification card that was Dear Mr. Rekunkov: cial copy of that card to us prior to wor1d, is a defeat for those who made available to the courts of the oppose fascism. I)emjanjuk is only the trial, we requested that the U.S. You will recall that in February of original document be made available one man, but he has come to symbo­ 1980 I met with you and with then­ temporarily in order to refute the I make this request in the spirit lize the efforts of anti-fascist peoples Procurator General of the USSR false claim of Demjanjuk that he was invoked by General Rudenko in our to bring Hitlerite criminals to justice. Rudenko to request, on behalf of the innocent and that the identification 1980 discussions, when he vouched Thos efforts continue today between United States government, the assis­ card was a forgery. that those who fought against fas­ the United States and the Soviet Union in the spirit that you and tance of the Soviet Union in the Due to the cooperation of the cism are allies still in that fight. While General Rudenko expressed so elo­ search for Hitlerite criminals living in Soviet authorities, the original card Demjanjuk was not victorious in the quently to me in 1980, but we are not the United States. Through your was forwarded to the Embassy of the United States case, he now has a the only ones who have attempted to help, the Soviet Union provided Soviet Union in Washington, where second chance in Israel. If he should do justice. 1 respectfually appeal to great assistance and as a result the it was examined by the prosecution succeed there, it will be a defeat for you to extend the same hand of Office of Special Investigations of and defense lawyers. Mr. Vadim anti-fascist allies everywhere. cooperation to our colleagues any­ the Justice Department was able to Kuznetsov of the Embassy brought I fear that an acquittal of Dem­ where in the wor1d who share our proceed, successfully against a num­ the document to the trial in Cleve­ janjuk c0uId arouse public statement concerns. Today, the greatest need ber of former Soviet citizens who had land, where it was examined by the in the United States to discontinue for that cooperation is in the trial of managed to escape to the United judge. As a result of this evidence, the the trials against fascist criminals Demjanjuk. States after the war. judge ruled that Demjanjuk was a there and could jeopardize the depor­ I left the Department of Justice in fascist criminal and he ordered that tation to the Soviet Union of those I thank you for your consideration 1983 and I wrote a book entitled Demjanjuk's naturalized citizenship criminals who have been found guilty of my request, and 1 extend to you "Quiet Neighbors: Prosecuting Nazi be revoked. That verdict was upheld and whose appeals are nearing a my sincere and personal wishes of War Criminals in America," of which by the Supreme Court of the United conclusion. You are perhaps aware friendship and collegiality. perhaps you have been informed. 1 States. I have no doubt that the that the Ukrainian criminal Fedo- described the unselfish cooperation original identification card from the renko has already been deported to Yours very truly, of the Soviet side and you personally Archives of the USSR was the most the Soviet Union. Also, the Estonian Allan A. 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Party secretaries... ture of Mr. Ivashko after only a little Sharansky in prison. The copy Mr. more than a year as ideological secretary Writer"s manuscript.. Petkus sent to Lithuania "disappeared" (Continued from page 2) indicated that there is dissatisfaction in (Continued from page 2) in the mail, a victim of Soviet postal renko, who was also elected a candidate Moscow with Kiev's work in this ara. The address of Perm camp 36-1, of censors. member of the Ukrainian Politburo. The same applies to Mr. Pohrebniak which Captain Dalmatov is director, is: Mr. Petkus is the 57-year-old founder Mr. Hurenko is Ukrainian, a party and the performance of the Ukrainian 618263 Permskaya obi., Chusovskoi r- of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group and member since 1962, and a graduate of economy which, despite Mr. Shcher- n, pos. Kuchino, uchr. VS-389/36-1. has spent a total of 16 years in Soviet the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. He holds bytsky's exhortations to speed up "re­ Family and friends fear that the work political prisons for human-rights the degree of candidate of economic structuring," has thus far failed to will be burned, since two years ago monitoring activities and Catholic sciences. Upon comp1eting his studies in record any qualitative changes for the camp guards burned the original of a activism. Mr. Petkus, whose latest 1958, Mr. Hurenko worked for 16years better. study on "Christianity and Judaism" arrest came in 1977, goes into internal at the Donetske Machine-Building The sackings in Dnipropetrovske and written by Mr. Petkus and partly exile this August. He is due to be Factory, where he worked his way up Lviv elicited another round of specu­ inspired by his conversations with Mr. released in August 1992. from engineer to director of the plant. lation about First Secretary Shcherbyt- In 1976 he was elected a secretary of the sky's imminent demise, which has yet to Donetske 0blast Party Committee, and materialize. When asked by one of the in March, 1980 he became a deputy ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UKRAINE members of the American congres­ chairman of the Ukrainian Council of sional delegation that recently visited Edited by V0I0d-i)uyr Kubijovyc . Ministers. The same plenum of the Kiev and Moscow about his alleged Central Committee ousted Mr. Dobryk opposition to General Secretary Mikail VOLUME I(A-F): First of Four Volumes from his position as candidate member Gorbachev's reforms, the Ukrainian SI 15.00 + shippmg & haiuilmi: S4.5O of the Ukrainian Politburo. party leader is quoted as having said First volume ОЇ a major work o^ Ukrainian scholarship in the diaspora These personnel changes are the most that "there has been some disagreement significant to have occurred in the in the counsels of the party and leader­ 968 pa^es containing apf roximatcly 2.800 entries Ukrainian Party organization for quite ship as to how far things should pro­ 1llustrated throughout Over 450 illustrations m black and wliite; 5 color plates some time. Not only have three regional ceed." Such matters "are resolved in the party bosses been removed, but im­ 83maps, t)ot them in color party," said Mr. Shcherbytsky, asser­ Large color told-out map ot Ukraine with J2-page ga?etteer bound separately in same portant shifts have also taken place in ting his support for the general se­ binding as book the Secretariat. Certainly the depar­ cretary. ()KI)i R \о\\ \\I) SI \|) \ ( III ( K t OK ^M4')(| S10HOD I HOOK S1()RI Cleveland and Ivan Skalchuk were the leading W \/оп(цотсг\ Sfrt'rt /crsf\ ( /f\ \ / 07 W2 spokespersons for the Liberation Front. New Jersey residents add 6 sales tax (Continued from page 4) "Everything deteriorated when Askold Following Dr. Kuropas', remarks the Lozynskyj took over,"stated Dr. Kuro­ floor was opened to commentaries and pas. "There was no compromise, no Ukrainian National Association questions. discussion possible. Everything had to be according to party dictates with Mr. SEEKS TO HIRE PART TIME AND FULL TIME Mr. Stryhun emphasized the need for Lozynskyj, and that, more than any­ a UNA organizer in Cleveland. Ms. thing else, turned many of us against the Experienced Silecky lamented the fact that so few so-called 'Eleven.' " young Ukrainians were interested in Dr. Kuropas' views regarding Mr. INSURANCE AGENTS or GENERAL AGENTS becoming organizers for the UNA. "We Lozynskyj were shared by Mr. Szma­ - fluent in Ukrainian and English: need Ukrainians to organize Ukrai­ gala. "Everything in our relationship nians because we're a Ukrainian organi­ with the Liberation Front changed once Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, anid 9^^^ zation," she said. Mr. Lozynskyj came on board," stated Leads supplied -salary nofdraw -plus'overrWe'-^"aJI benefits. ': - Write or telephone: She also wanted to know if it were Mr. Szmagala. possible for the UNA to have a single­ "We must forget the past and look to Ukrainian National Association, inc. payment endowment at age 18 policy. the future," declared Mr. Kryshta- 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N. J. 07302 Mr. Szmagala answered that question lowych in an effort to end the meeting Tel.:(201)451-2200 immediately by indicating that a com­ on a more pos8itive note. bination of UNA policies nbw available A short reception followed the meet­ could result in the same type of coverage. ing during which many of the points mentioned earlier were discussed in a There's no pIace like Mr, Zadoyny wanted to know why so fraternal spirit. many UNA executives were against the so-called "Supreme Assembly Eleven" ORCHESTRA SOYUZIVKA associated with the Liberation Front. ВЕСЕЛІ НОЧІ Dr. Kuropas pointed out that had HAPPY NIGHTS always been cooperation between the 1987 SUMMER/FALL P.O. Box 297. 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nesty 1nternational find that someone Shumuk has already arranged for a wishes to live (it)../' Veteran... we have worked with for so long is check-up by a local doctor "who speaks Marijka Bandera, a counselor at the (Continued from page 1) finally released," Mr. Tataryn said in a good Ukrainian/' Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid of Ukraine, when he said the case of Mr. telephone interview from Ottawa. Mr. Shumuk, credited Mr. Clark for Society of Toronto, said she hopes the Shumuk is "a matter of great concern to But the happiest person to hear the convincing Soviet authorities to grant Canadian government moves quickly to our people.'' news from Moscow was 1van Shumuk, an exit visa. "Mr. Clark has put tremen­ get Mr. Shumuk to Canada. Mr. Shumuk is one of the senior the dissident's nephew, who is a retired dous effort into this thing," he said. "I hope that the (immigration) pro­ "prisoners of conscience'' adopted by carpenter in Vernon, B.C. cessing from the Canadian side doesn't Amnesty 1nternational. "l was delighted to hear the news," Looking beyond the expected medi­ take forever," she said, adding that Mr. "Everybody was delighted when we Mr. Shumuk said in a telephone inter­ cal check-ups, public appearances and Shumuk should leave the Soviet Union heard that Mr. Shumuk is coming to view from his home in Vernon. "1've celebrations, Mr. Shumuk said his "before the Soviets change their minds." Canada," said Lloyd Tataryn, a project been waiting a long time to hear this uncle will likely spend some time officer for Amnesty 1nternational in news." writing his memoirs. Mr. Shumuk's release comes at a time Ottawa, adding that several A1 groups Mr. Shumuk, 63, said he expects his Segments of his memoirs have been when Ottawa has had considerable around the wor1d participated in letter­ uncle will require some medical atten­ smuggled out of the Soviet Union and success in its human-rights dealings writing and lobby campaigns on behalf tion soon after his arrival. The freed published in the West. with the Soviets. A few weeks ago, the of Mr. Shumuk. dissident is reported to be suffering In one excerpt, published in 1973, he Soviets announced that they would "1t's always a happy moment when from a chronic stomach ulcer and poor said, "1 need the sort of freedom in resolve 22 of a list of40 family reunifica­ human-rights organizations like Am­ blood circulation in both legs. Mr. which each man can shape his life as he tion cases that the Canadian govern­ wishes to live (it) and wherever he ment considered the most serious. 40 years' incarceration (Beyond the Eastern Horizon), was Ukrainian communities in the West," (Continued from page 1) published in the West. The dissident was re-arrested in Ukrainian concerns... said Mr. Kuzma. He went on to defend one of the'gigantic industrial com­ January 1972, after the KGB found (Continued from page 3) Ukrainian reactions40 the use of Soviet plexes in Norilsk. copies of his memoirs about life in to express dismay over the Ukrainian evidence by comparing the deportation During the so-called "thaw," Mr, Soviet prisons, and was sentenced to community's resistance to, and mis­ of East European emigres with the Shumuk's case was re-examined and 10 years'special-regimen labor camp givings about the use of Soviet-sup­ treatment of Lt. William Galley and he was freed in August 1956. One and five years' exile for being a plied evidence in war crimes investiga­ other Americans suspected of war year later, however, he was re­ recidivist. 1n February I979 he joined tions. crimes. arrested and char^ged with ''anti- the Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring In one particularly spirited exchange, "It is well-established that some i Sovi^t agitation a^d propaganda." Group in a Mordovian labor camp. Prof. Henry Friedlander of the City American soldiers committed atroci­ l^^,M4v StomM-^refflled io becorne a Mr. Shumuk, who has a daughter University of New York seemed to ties against civilians during the Vietnam secret agent for the KGB despite living in the Donetske 0bIast, was downplay the danger of misindentifica- War... if the Justice Department chose offers for his release. He was subse­ freed after comp1eting his term on tion of innocent citizens, and the to prosecute Vietnam veterans based on quently sentenced to an additional January 14. After tra,veling to Mos- likelihood that Soviet authoritibs would evidence supplied in part by the 10 years' imf)riiipnrnentv д / - eow to: apply for emigration and try to forge evidence so as to discredit Communist regime in Hanoi, I suspect 1n 1967x Mj:^Shumuk *was freed visiting his daughtei' in Ukraine, the Ukrainian and Baltic emigres. Prof. that the reaction from veterans'groups and began writing a new version of human-rights activist; was placed Friedlander's assumptions were chal­ and the American public in general his memoirs, most of which .werp .under administrative surveillunce lenged by attorney. Fritz Weinschenck, would be far more hostile and far less confiscated from hinu A ciopy of his and forced to remain in Karatbbe, his a partner in the New York firm of . restrained than the reaction we've seen memoirs, "Za Skhidnim Obriyem, . place of exile. V Hamburger,/Weinsqhenckj Mplnar and from the Ukrainian comrnunity/' As a Busch, and an expert on international matter of intellectual honesty, Mr. cooperation in war crimes investi­ Kuzma iirged supporters of the OSI to gations: ' ^ consider such parallels and to broaden '^"^^^'^5flWir"!^rF^^^"?e^^ "Don't the Sbviets have Зг suspect their perspective before berating those NOTICE motive in supplying evidence (to who w9uld exclude Soyiet evidence Western investigators)?'' asked Mr. - from American ju3icial proceedings. THE SVOBODA PRESS ADMINISTRAT1ON Weinscheijck. "As you know, the KGB ; ,A separate issue was raised by Ro- hereby informs all organizations and individuals that the administration and the East German police have пїа.|і Serbyn, visiting feII0w at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute will not accept any a(dvertisements eniployed former Gestapo agents... isn't. there a possibility of forgery?" who has been active in promoting "Everything is po~ssible," replied Ukrainian-Jewish dialogue in Canada. if previous biiis are not paid. Prof. Friedlander, but why would the Following a panel discussion on the S6viets frame an obscure autoworker "Documentation of Human Rights I Individuals letters concerning unpaid bills will not be sent. frpm Parma, Ohio, when they could V10lati0ns," which highlighted the \ All bills must be paid within ^Щ% after the publication^of an advertisement. frame a more prominent, politically Jewish, Cambodian and Armenian IІШЯЦГОИУIIЦУШIШI^^ active member of the Ukrainian com­ holox:austs. Prof. Serbyn questioned the ' munity? Usmg the Trawniki identifi­ panelists and orgahizers of the con­ VУ/УУУ/У//АУ///УУУУУ^^^ Ш/і'шшшшш//шгшш?ш/т/г/шшшшшщcatio n card introduced into evidence ference as to why they failed to irrclude against Mr. Demjanjuk as an example, any discussion of the Ukrainian Famine Prof. Friedlander expressed conftdehce of 1932-33: " Г UKRAINIAN SITCH SPORTS SCHOOL _ that chemical testing could prove the After a11, argued Prof. Serbyn, the An Unforgettable Learning Experience ШШШ authenticity of Soyie]t-supplied do­ Soviet gDvernment has refused to open LEARN:S0CCER. VOLLEyBAU. SWIMMING or TENNIS FROM AN OUTSTANDING STAFF THAT HAS BEEN cuments. its archives to Western researchers, and HANDPICKIO TO WORK WITH Alt A6(S S ABILITY GROUPS. Mr. Weinschenck refused to let the ithas consistently denied that the Stalin Place: "Verkhovyna" Resort, GIen Spey, N.Y. в Шеп: July 26 - August 22,1987 issue rest: "Chemical tests can also be regime deliberately created the famine Ages-6-16. fixed by (the Soviets)... they get go6d as a nieansof subjugating the Ukrainian Rifister now - Capacity is limited - For information write to: political capital (from exposing East peasantry. The problems entailed in Ukrainian Sitch Sports School ffg European emigres as collaborators)." documenting acts of genocide are 680 Sanfofd Avenu m Newark. NJ; 07106 Prof. Friedlander persisted in brushing perfectly illustrated by The New York u aside what he characterized as an Times' cover-up of the Ukrainian ш//ш/шшшшш/ш//^^^^^ unfounded conspiracy theory advanced Famine, said Prof. Serbyn. by anti-Soviet skeptics. In response, Owen Kupferschmid, a He was pressed further on the issue by founder and coordinator of the Boston UKRArNiAN DANCE CAMP Alex Kuzma, a Ukrainian American College hunian rights forum, agreed law student at Boston's Northeastern that mass starvation has been used as a AND WORKSHOP 1987 University. weapon of gehocide, and that the Mr. Kuzma argued that the concerns Ukrainian Famine merited further Verkhovynai, G|en Sj|ey, I4,Y; of the Ukrainian community could not discussion. Mf. Kupferschmid^^tated Roma P17ma Bohachevsky, yirf/5f/c D/f^cf^^ be so easily dismissed. He pointed out that he and other confe^nce coordi­ Ш DANCE WORKSHOP .^jiine 28 --July U^ that the Soviets had apparently fabri­ nators will consider sponsoring a for advanced dancers ^ ages l&aad up r cated "war crimes'' evidence in'an special c^nfereiice"on the topic:/^Fa- un1successful attempt to discredit mine As A ,fprni of Genocide," or * DANCE CAMP - Ages7-16, *ugust^^ Denver human-rights activist lyan alternatively, that^ the topic could be Ш Teaching Staff: 7?0Ш Я So/?actei^/^^ VагоШп, Peter Pawly shy n, Stebelsky. (Mr. Stebelsky lias bee11 included as a separate pane1 discussion Nadia Semczuk involved in building a coalition of in next year's pi^grai|i. ^ % ч ^ Ukrainian and Jewish groups working *'L would look forward to W(pxking Ш Q[ies\teacbeTs:ValentinaPereyaslavec, Luba Volynec: to construct a joint monument to the with the Ukrainian comfmtij4ity 0Й such ^ Ш Ukrainian Folk Dance, Character, BaIleI and Choreography Classes. victims of the Holocaust.) Mr. Kuzma a project," saidr^Mr^ Kupfersdimfd. In also cited recent reports in the Los addition to an analysis of the Ukrainian Ш Lectures on origin and ethnographical history of Ukrainian costumes and customs. Ahf 'es Times and the San Francisco experiertce, projecl'organizers will be For information write or cal!: Exa iner which indicated that the discussing the inclusion of panelists Trawwiki card had clearly been tam­ who might also address the forced Ukrainian Dance Camp c/o Roma Pryma Bohachevsky per ed.^vith.;J .; ^^- ^^ ^ , ,U.-.....;:...-. :... ^:.: farnine s carri^ out ia .Ethippi^ and , 52З East 14th Street, New York. N.Y. 10009 Phone: (212) 677-7187 !"TJiexe..is І10 xjuestioawthat. tlie.So^dfit, . Ai^h an ista n.,-..a4id-^..S;C^^ r tli-i \ government has a political stake in policies implemented in parts of Asia Deadline: June 15 1987 driving a wedge between the Jewish and and Latin America. No.20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987 15

achievements. A special thanks who decline." Woonsockef extended to Mr. Hardink for signing up Bos/on Continuing his remarks, Dr. Kuropas (Continued from page 4) eight members during 1986 and Mr. (Continued from page 4) pointed to the many positive accom­ is active in a11 spheres of community Evanitzky for four members. Mr. Flis from their credit union. These are some plishments of the UNA during the past affairs. He stated that the committee congratulated all branches for orga­ of the problems we have to contend few years. "Let's accent the positive,"he was active in holding a rally for the nizing at least one member during 1986. with." said, ''and try to eliminate the negative defense of John Demjanjuk, aiding the He then congratulated John Laba for A lively discussion followed the together." needy in Brazil and helping students to organizing two members in 1987 and reports of the other officers, most of Following Dr. Kuropas' comments, obtain scholarships. He also noted the Mr. Hardink for organizing five mem­ whom had brief commentaries. many of those present acknowledged a district's trips to the New Jersey Ukrai­ bers. "The central executive doesn't seem growing lack of faith in Ukrainian nian Festival and to Soyuzivka. Mr. Flis then gave an overview of the interested in who signs up members and institutions among people. "Our credit Mr. Chudolij thanked the delegates financial status of the UNA for 1986 who doesn't,'' stated Mr. Didiuk. union offers a 7 percent return on no were present at the UNA Conven­ and reviewed the accomplishments of Mrs. Remick added that UNA secre­ deposits while non-Ukrainian banks tion in Detroit and elected him supreme the newly organized professional sales taries should be better informed regard­ offer 5 percent, and still many of our advisor. He promised to serve the department which has engaged sales­ ing UNA senior citizens activities. "We people won't deal with us," stated Mr. Woonsocket committee to the best of men in various areas, including Chi­ don't know what's going on," she said. Didiuk. "Why?" his ability. He concluded with the cago, Cleveland, New York and New "Non-UNA members sometimes get 1n his concluding statement, Dr. following words: "It may be better for Jersey. accommodations at Soyuzivka func­ Kuropas assured everyone that the the Woonsocket District to consider in Mr. Flis invited all UNA'ers from tions for senior citizens while members UNA Supreme Executive loved Boston. today's election of officers, the selection Woonsocket and surrounding areas to get left out." "1 especially love this city," declared Dr. of a chairman who lives in your vicinity attend the Father's Day celebration at 1n his remarks to the Boston UNA'ers, Kuropas. "If we have any differences, and would be able to be more closely Soyuzivka on June 20, at which a statue Dr. Kuropas discussed the "bad news" it's all within the family." involved in contacting the local commu­ of the late Patriarch and Cardinal Josyf and "good news" of Ukrainian commu­ The Boston District Committee exe­ nity." Mr. Chudolij noted that he now Slipyj will be dedicated. nity life, emphasizing that the UNA was cutive board, with Mr. Hetmansky at lives in New Jersey and finds it some­ After a question and answer period, not the only institution in trouble. the helm, was re-elected for the 1987-88 what difficult to be of service to the Father Michael again led the assem­ "Our youth are not with us and no term virtually unchanged. Woonsocket Ukrainian community. blage in prayer, and the meeting was one seems to have an answer,"declared The following were elected to the adjourned. Everyone partook of re­ Dr. Kuropas. "We can't point to a single нVстжА board of officers: Leon Hardink, chair­ freshments prepared by the ladies of the cause. We're ail to blame for the present Icon & Souvenir's Distribution man; Mr. Chudolij, vice-chairman; Mr. district. sad state of affairs and it's up to us to 2860 Buhre Ave. #2R Bronx, N.Y: 10461 Popowych, second vice-chairman; Mrs. find the solutions together. If we con­ M:(2l2) 93MS79 ifter б p.m. Trinkler, Ukrainian secretary; Ted Share The Weekly tinue to nurture old wounds and point Ш RtpresMitativt ind іИід(шІ9г of Mnbroidtrtd Klown, English secretary; Mrs. Bardell, the finger at others, we11 continue to Jdfiuseslor adittts and chiMrtfl. treasurer. with a friend The auditors are Mrs. Bilyj, Mr. Evanitzky and Mr. Kun. Dmytro Sara- ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THE PERFECT GIFT chman is fraternal coordinator. Word processing a plus. Salary com­ John Flis, president of the UNA, mensurate with experience. 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May22 PREVIEW OF EVENTS May 31 CARNEGIE, Pa.: A pre-festival dance sponsored by the Sixth Pitts­ venth annual Taras Shevchenko professionals to a Memorial Day SPRING LAKE, NJ.: The Ukrai­ burgh Ukrainian Festival Committee Conference, beginning at 6 p.m., and weekend at the beachfront Congress nian Museum will hold a fund­ will be held at 9:30 p.m. at Ss, Peter featuring Prof. George Shevelov, Hotel in historic Cape May. Fea­ raising event titled, "Seaside Fete and Paul auditorium on Mansfield John Fizer and Marko Pavlyshyn. tured will be social events, sports H1,"at the Warren Hotel here at2-6 Boulevard. Music for dancing will be The society has its headquarters at 63 activities and sightseeing. Events p.m. The event will consist of a provided by the Duquesne Univer­ Fourth Ave. begin on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the cocktail reception and buffet lun­ sity Tamburitzan Alumni Orchestra. hotel lobby. Participation fee is SI5 cheon and entertainment will be A donation of S4 per person is per person. For room reservations provided by vocalist Katria Oranska requested. For information call SPRING VALLEY, N.Y.: The 21st only call hotel manager Andrea Petyk and the 01es Kuzyszyn Trio. Elizabeth Mitchell at (412) 279-3458. annual installation dinner/ dance will LeRoy at (800) 222-0772 (from out­ Попа Sochynsky Schyprykevich will be held, beginning with installation side New Jersey) or (609) 858-0670 (if exhibit her paintings and Anya ceremonies at 6:30 p.m., at the calling from New Jersey). For ge­ Farion will exhibit her sculptures. CLEVELAND: The Ukrainian Ukrainian Hall, 16 Twin Ave. The neral information about the weekend Admission is S45 per person,s25 for National Women's League of evening will be sponsored by Ukrai­ call Halya Duda at(203) 658-7775 or youths under age 21. Reservations America will kick off its 2 Ist national nian American Veterans Post 19. Handzia and George Mycak at (718) should be made no later than May 18 convention with a panel discussion, Music will be provided by John 263-7978. by calling (212) 228-0110. titled, '*Communicating through Porada. For tickets contact Teddy Barriers,'' featuring six guest Dusanenko at (9I4) 634-5502 or PREVIEW OF EVENTS, a weekly listing of Ukrainian community events speakers, who will lecture on various Michael Wengrenovich at (914) 735­ open to the public, is a service provided free of charge by The Weekly to the topics ^of concern for Ukrainian 5241. Шгаіпіап community. To have an event listed in this column, please send American women, at 7 p.m. in the information (type of event, date, time, place, admission, sponsor, etc.), along Cleveland Hilton South at 1-77 and with the phone number, including area code, of a person who may be reached ; Rockside, in 1ndependence, Ohio. May 23-25 during daytime hours for additional information to: PREVIEW OF ; The topics that will be covered EVENTS, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. і include, "Bridging Barriers with New CLEVELAND: The UNWLA will 07302. Submissions must be typed and written in the English language. Items і Educational Opportunities," "Ad- hold its 21st national convention this not in compliance with aforementioned guidelines will not be published. \ V0eating in a Political Wor1d," weekend at the Cleveland Hilton l "Women in the Mainstream: Volun- South, featuring various exhibits, \ teer Organizations," "1nformation: workshops and panels, as well as a \ Key to Opening Doors,""Women in banquet with keynote speaker Rep. Human Rights Awareness Days \ Politics," and "Overcoming Stereo- Mary Rose Oakar (D-Ohio). The I types in the News Media."The panel, hotel is located at l-77 and Rockside to be observed in Wastiington \ which will be moderated by Martha in 1ndependence, Ohio. For informa­ : Bohachevsky-Chomiak, will be free tion call 1wanna Shkarupa at (216) by 01ena Stercho Hendler All members of Congress, as well as : and open to the public. 845-0786, Daria Basalyk at (2I6) State Department officials, have been 888-8335 or Eugenia Hishynsky at PHILADELPHIA - The Ukrainian invited to attend the reception. (216)885-43І5. Human Rights Committee of Members of the Ukrainian com­ I May23 Philadelphia will mark Ukrainian munity are invited to attend and to take II Human Rights Awareness Days with advantage of this excellent opportuni~ I NEW,YORK: The Shevchenko CAPE MAY, N.J.: Club Suzy-Q several events to be held in Washington tu to meet with these governmental I Scientific Society will hold its se- invites young Ukrainian American on Tuesday, May 26, and Wednesday, leaders. May27. An exhibit focusing on individual S;:i: The highlight of the observance will Ukrainian political prisoners will be On the final day of this week's be a reception and exhibit scheduled for displayed at the reception. Through Defense accuses... proceedings, the session lasted only half May 27 at 6 p.m. in the Gold Room of large graphic displays, the identities of (Continued from page 1) a day as cross-examination of Prof. the Samuel Rayburn Congressional individual prisoners will be high­ Maize1 spoke at length about the Vlasqv Maize1 concluded. The trial now goes Office Building. lighted along with pertinent dates. Such Army, the Russian Liberation Arm5^ into a monthlong recess while the The reception is being held with the information will include the reasons for which consisted mostly of Russians and defense and prosecution travel to West cooperation of and under the auspices each prisoner's incarceration, the length fought in support of a "unified Russia" Germany, where testimony will be of the Congressional Ad Hoc Com­ of his or her term, and significant without separate national governments. taken from three witnesses. mittee on the Baltic States and Ukraine, biographical facts. The prisoners to The historian provided testimony Prof. Maize1 was questioned on which is chaired by Reps. Don Ritter which attention will be particularly also about the differences between Wednesday, May 13, about the forced (R-Pa.) and Dennis Hertel (D-Mich.). drawn will include those presently labor performed by prisoners of war Russians and Ukrainians, Russians and At the reception, Sen. Alfonse incarcerated at Perm camp No. 36-1, captured by the Germans. He categori­ Byelorussians, Byelorussians and White D'Amato (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Dante known as "the death camp." cally rejected any notions that the Fascell (D-Fla.) will be presented with On Tuesday, May 26, congressmen . (versus Red) Russians, and in general Ukrainians were specifically chosen about the nationalities in the USSR. He human-rights awards by the Ukrainian will have the opportunity to make state­ from among the POWs for guard Human Rights Committee in honor of ments for the Congressional Record, even explained the differences between duties, stating that the persons chosen eastern and western Ukrainians. their efforts as past chairman of the addressing the serious violations of were those who agreed to become Commission on Security and Coope­ human rights in Ukraine by the Soviets. Also during the cross-examination, guards and were healthy enough to ration in Europe, more commonly Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.), along Prof. Maize1 told of the 1932-33 Great function as such. known as the Helsinki Commission. with other colleagues, is circulating a Famine in Ukraine, and the massacres During the re-direct, Mr. Blattman Rep. Fascell, who is presently chair­ letter urging all congressmen and in Katyn and Vinnytsia, all perpetrated questioned the historian further about man of the powerful Foreign Affairs congresswomen to join him on the floor by the Soviets. the Ukrainian famine and about the Committee in the House of Representa­ of the House of Representatives and the Katyn massacre of 4,500 Polish army tives, was the first chairman of the participate in the Special Orders. He spoke about various military officers. formations, including the Galicia Divi­ CSCE and was instrumental in setting Reps. William Grey (D-Pa.), Hertel Prof. Maize1 spoke also about the its strong focus on human rights. and Don Ritter along with Rep. G11­ sion, noting that it had fought against general amnesty proclaimed by the the Communists. He stated several Both Sen. D'Amato and Rep. Fascell man, have all provided invaluable Soviets in 1955, under which collabora­ have worked vigorously on behalf of assistance and support in connection times that very few Ukrainians had tors could return to the USSR and live collaborated with the Nazis and that Ukrainian political prisoners by raising with Ukrainian Human Rights Aware­ normal lives. The trial then recessed. the cases of individual prisoners in ness Days. even German Ukrainians (volksdeut- 1n West Germany, testimony will be sche) did not want to collaborate. negotiations with the Soviets, and by Bus service to the reception will be taken from witnesses behind closed holding hearings on prisoners of available from the Philadelphia area if a During his questioning, Mr. O'Con­ doors in the chambers of local conscience in the Soviet system. sufficient number of persons express an nor referred to the Ukrainian famine as magistrates. Helmut Leonhardt will All members of Congress, as well as interest. To sign up for bus transporta­ the Ukrainian "shoah," using the He­ testify in Cologne on May 19; Heinrich State Department officials, have been tion from Philadelphia, please call Irena brew word meaning destruction that is Schaeffer in Kasell on May 25, and Otto invited to attend the reception. Jurczak at (215)424-1348. used to refer to the Holocaust. State Horn in West Berlin on June 9. There is Attorney Yona Blattman objected that some doubt about Mr. Horn's ap­ this word should be used only to refer to pearance, however, due to his advanced Vets to dedicate memorial the annihilation of the Jews, while age and illness. PATERSON, N.J. - Ukrainian participate in this dedication. Judge Levin ruled that the lawyer could Messrs. Leonhardt and Schaeffer will American Veterans Post 17 of Passaic, use this word. Judge Zvi Та1 repri­ be questioned about Trawniki, while N.J., will dedicate a Memorial at Cedar Services at the memorial will b' manded the attorney for using that Mr. Horn will testify about Treblinka. Lawn Cemetery in Paterson, N.J., on conducted by the Rev. Raphael Turko word to refer to the Ukrainian famine The trial will resume in Jerusalem on Sunday, May 24, I987, at 1 p.m. niak, pastor of St. Nicholas Ukrainian and said this was "in very bad taste June 22(or on June 15if Mr. Horn does The memorial will be dedicated in Catholic Church in Passaic; and the indeed." Mr. O'Connor then apologized, not testify). memory of the Ukrainian American Rev. George Halycia, pastor of Holy saying he had not meant to offend any Information in this news story about Veterans from the Passaic-Bergen area Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Church member of the court. the court proceedings was phoned in who paid the supreme sacrifice and also of Clifton. Cross-examination of Prof. MaizeI from Jerusalem bv an observer for to those members who are now de­ All veterans who wish to participate concluded with his testimony on forced UNCHAIN (Ukrainian National Cen­ ceased. may call Commander Eugene Sagasz at repatriation at the end of Wor1d War 11. ter: History and Information Network). All \clcraiib pi)sls arc invited to (2()l) 778-7284 for lurther inlormation.