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Holocaust Studies: A Ukrainian Focus In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this publication. Through recovering the assets of the victims of the Holocaust, the Claims Conference enables organizations around the world to provide education about the Shoah and to preserve the memory of those who perished. ISSN 2617-9113 11 Special Issue 9 772617 911000 11/2020 “TKUMA” UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES GERMAN-UKRAINIAN HISTORICAL COMMISSION ISSN: 2617-9113(print) HOLOCAUST STUDIES: A UKRAINIAN FOCUS Peer-reviewed annual Journal Volume 11 (Special Issue) A collection of articles on materials of the Fifth Annual Conference of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission “Memories of the Second World War in Germany and Ukraine since 1945”, September 5–6, 2019. Dnipro 2020 ISSN: 2617-9113 (print) International Editorial Board of the “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute ISSN: 2617-9121 (online) for Holocaust Studies Hrynevych, Vladislav, Doctor of Political Sciences, Senior Researcher of Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies at National Acad- emy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine, Kyiv); Khanin, Vladimir (Ze’ev), Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University (Israel); Holocaust Studies: A Ukrainian Focus. Peer-reviewed Annual Journal. Dnipro. – “Tkuma” Insitute; PE «Lira LTD», 2020. – Volume 11 [English version]. – 248 p. Krawchuk, Andrii, Ph.D., Professor of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Sundbury (Canada, Sudbury); Magocsi, Paul-Robert, Ph.D., Professor of History, Political Science, and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto (Canada, This volume constains English translation of academic writings, which have been presented Toronto); on the Fifth Annual Conference of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan, Ph.D., Professor of Jewish Studies at “Memories of the Second World War in Germany and Ukraine since 1945”, September 5–6, 2019. the Northwestern University (USA, Chicago); Pobereƶny, Gennadi, Ph.D., Ukrainian Free University (Germany, Mu- nich), Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (USA); Polonsky, Antony, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies Editor-in-Chief: Igor Shchupak at Brandeis University (USA); Managing Editors: Anna Medvedovska, Pascal Trees Portnov, Andrii, Ph.D., Professor of History of Ukraine at the Europa- Invited Editors: Oleksandr Lysenko, Kai Struve Universität Viadrina (Germany, Frankfurt/Oder); Editors: Oleksandra Oleinykova, William Templer Shatalov, Denys, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of Research Translators: Kateryna Brez, Yevheniia Khromova, Oleksandra Department of “Tkuma” Institute (Ukraine, Dnipro); Oleinykova Struve, Kai, Ph.D., Professor of East European History at the Martin Technical Editor: Zoriana Bondar Germany, Halle Computer typesetting and design: Yuri Matveev Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg ( ); Umansky, Andrej, Scientific Advisor at the organization Yahad-in Unum (France, Paris); Vradii, Iehor, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Deputy Director for The editorial board does not necessarily share the position expressed by the authors Research Projects of “Tkuma” Institute (Ukraine, Dnipro); in the articles, and is not responsible for the accuracy of the data and references. Wierzbieniec, Wacław, PhD, Rector of the High School of Technol- ogy and Economics in Yaroslavl, professor of Rzeszow University (Poland, Yaroslavl - Rzeszow); Zaitsev, Oleksandr, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Modern Certificate of state registration of printed mass media “Holocaust Studies: A Ukrainian Focus” History of Ukraine at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Ukraine, Lviv). Series KB №2338-13378P, dated 08.08.2018 © “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, 2020. © PE «Lira LTD», 2020. CONTENT SECTION 3. SAVING JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST Igor Shchupak MEMORY AND DOCUMENTS ON THE RESCUE OF JEWS EDITOR’S FOREWORD 6 IN UKRAINE DURING THE HOLOCAUST: BETWEEN MYTHS AND FACTS 151 PREFACE 7 Kateryna Budz SURVIVING THE HOLOCAUST IN EASTERN GALICIA: THE RESCUE INITIATIVES OF THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE TESTIMONIES SECTION 1. REMEMBERING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: OF RABBI DAVID KAHANE AND KURT LEWIN 172 UKRAINIAN PERSPECTIVES Oleksandr Lysenko COMPETING NARRATIVES: MEMORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR SECTION 4. REMEMBERING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: IN UKRAINE: BETWEEN POLITICS AND REFLECTION 11 GERMAN PERSPECTIVES Hans- Christian Petersen Nadiia Honcharenko SELECTIVE MEMORY. THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN UKRAINE FROM THE “GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR” TO THE “UKRAINIAN DIMENSION IN THE HISTORICAL MEMORY OF RUSSIAN GERMANS 191 OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR”: A CHANGE IN THE NARRATIVE IN SCHOOL HISTORY TEXTBOOKS 28 Verena Meier THE MEMORIAL OF SOVIET PRISONERS OF WAR IN GUDENDORF – Petro Dolhanov MEMORIES DURING THE COLD WAR 220 COMPETING NARRATIVES: MEMORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN RIVNE MEMORIAL SPACE 53 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 246 SECTION 2. LIFE AND DEATH IN NAZI-OCCUPIED UKRAINE Anatolii Pogorielov THE FACE OF DEATH: TERROR BY THE SECURITY POLICE AND SD AGAINST THE POPULATION OF THE GENERAL DISTRICT MYKOLAIV 77 Olena Korzun GERMAN AND UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR BASED ON THE MEMOIRS OF PROFESSOR HEINRICH WALTER, GERMAN BOTANIST (1898–1989) 119 Anton Shchelkunov RELIGIOUS REVIVAL IN 1941–1943 IN THE FAMILY AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF THE EVANGELICAL FAITH 140 EDITOR’S FOREWORD PREFACE Holocaust Studies: A Ukrainian Focus is an international peer-reviewed The German-Ukrainian Historical Commission and the “Tkuma” annual academic journal of the “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies are proud to present the results Studies, founded in 2002. of the Commission’s Fifth Annual Conference on “Memories of the Second The journal covers the phenomenon of the Holocaust as well as other World War in Germany and Ukraine since 1945”, held in Dnipro on Sep- th genocides which took place in the 20 century. It focuses primarily on Ukrai- tember 5–6, 2019. nian issues and attempts to place them into the larger context of the world Since its founding in 2015, the Commission is the first, and so far the only, and European history. institution in which historians from Germany and Ukraine co-operate to bring This project seeks to promote the development of Ukrainian historiography about a better understanding of a shared past, and to disseminate the knowl- of the Holocaust, to make it a part of the historical narrative and to encour- edge gained among a broader public. To accomplish these goals, the Commis- age an academic dialogue between Ukrainian and foreign researchers, by sion has a range of instruments at its disposal. Thanks to financing by the Ger- publishing the following materials: man Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, original research papers; DAAD), it is able to award short-time fellowships and organize workshops translations of foreign academic texts which are important for Ukrainian for young historians from both countries every year. At the Commission’s Holocaust studies; annual conferences young and veteran scholars from all over the world meet annotated sources; to debate various aspects of German- Ukrainian history during the 20th cen- reviews of the latest publications; tury, lately with a focus on the Second World War, the German occupation overviews of the most up-to-date academic events. of Ukraine, and the Holocaust. The journal publishes materials in Ukrainian, Russian, German and Eng- This particular focus, first taken up in October 2018 with our Munich lish. Since 2017, all articles have been accompanied by extended summaries conference on “Germany and Ukraine in the Second World War” and an in English. exploration of occupational realities, such as forms of violence, collaboration The editors invite Ukrainian and foreign researchers to collaborate and resistance, clearly needed to be continued and brought to a conclusion. and to submit their papers focusing on: It thus seemed appropriate to follow up with a closer look at the ways this theoretical, methodological and synthetic studies on the Holocaust; dramatic period of German- Ukrainian history between 1941 and 1944 is comparative Holocaust studies in Ukraine and other countries of the For- debated and remembered in both countries. mer Soviet Union, Eastern and Central Europe; comparative analysis of spe- Thanks to the hospitality of the “Tkuma” Institute and the Museum cific historical and civilizational aspects of the Holocaust and other genocides; “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”, the Commission was able case studies on various Holocaust episodes in Ukraine; to greet, in September 2019, almost twenty scholars in Dnipro. They shared regional and local Holocaust studies in Nazi-occupied Ukraine; their insights into narratives of the Second World War in Ukraine, at the same research on the role of the Jewish factor in cultural and historical processes time continuing the exploration of war-time realities in everyday life. preceding and following the Holocaust; Our readers will find a good number of intriguing approaches, ranging from source studies and historiographical reviews; birds-eye view studies of the specific conditions which determine memories studies on the global memory and perception of the Holocaust in Ukraine of the Second World and the Holocaust in Ukraine, to analyses of specific and Eastern Europe. types of sources,