www.ukrweekly.com wife j. і - а -Ї Щ Published by tha Ukrainian National Association Inc.c, , a fraternal non-profit association! o- О о а: о ramian Wei О z Vol. LIII No. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1985 If 25 cents ----іЇМі—і--^–-rt- Special conference to focus on Canada establishes commission Ukrainians in World War II to track down war criminals TORONTO - In response to assistant director of the Canadian OTTAWA - The Canadian federal that records, probably from U.S. mili­ recent allegations that there are over Institute of Ukrainian Studies(ClUS) government has appointed a royal tary archives in West Berlin, prove the 200 Ukrainian Nazi war criminals at the University of Alberta, "Soviet commission to track down suspected 28 suspects in Canada belonged to living in Canada, Ukrainian scholar­ Ukraine under Nazi Occupation"; Лаф war criminals and recommend Ukrainian SS units. Most of them are ly institutions have organized a Taras Hunczak, professor of history ways to bring them to justice under members of 13 chapters of a veterans' special conference on "Ukraine and at Rutgers University (New Jersey), existing laws, as well as propose new group scattered throughout Canada, Ukrainians during World War II: "Jews and Ukrainians under Nazi legislation to ensure that they are Mr. Littman told the Globe and Mail. prosecuted. History and Its Aftermath" to be Occupation"; The group, which campaigns for "emancipation of 'captive nations,' " held on Saturday, March 2, here at ' "Ukrainians in Military Forma? The establishment of an independent St. Vladimir's Institute. Commission of Inquiry was announced also has chapters in the United States, tions in World War П" - Peter Australia and Latin America, he said. The marathon conference, which Potichnyj, professor of political in the House of Commons on February is slated to last all day from 9 a.m. to science at McMaster University, "An 7 by John C. Crosbie, Canada's minister Mr. Littman was quoted in the 10 p.m., will present five panels in an Overview of Ukrainians in Military of justice and attorney general. Canadian press as saying that he is effort "to set the record straight," Formations"; Myroslav Yurkevich, Mr. Crosbie also announced the surprised and delighted by the speed of said conference program director research associate at the CIUS, appointment of Jules Dechenes, a the Canadian government's response to Yury Boshyk, professor of Slavic "Ukrainians in German Military justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec his lobbying a week earlier on Parlia­ languages and literatures at the Formations and in the German and former chief justice of Quebec, to ment Hill. University of Toronto. Administration"; head the commission. The formation of the Commission of The panels are: " "The Allies and Post-War U- The announcement came on the heels Inquiry on war criminals was also ""Pre-World War И Ukraine: A krainian Political Refugees'" - Mark of media reports nationwide that Ca­ welcomed by various Jewish groups, Historical Overview" - with Roman Elliot, professor of history at Asbury nada may be harboring as many as who jsaid the government action was Szporluk, professor of history at the College (Kentucky), "The Question 3,000 Nazi war criminals, including: jng/overdue, reported the Globe and Ukrainians. University of Michigan, speaking on of Military Collaboration and Repa­ fail. "The Crisis of Identity and Legiti­ triation"; Lubomyr Luciuk, post­ Minister Crosbie told the House of Commission's power macy in Inter-War Eastern Europe; doctoral fellow, department of geo­ Commons that he does not believe there and Orest Subtelny, professor of graphy at the University of Toronto, are thousands of war criminals in the The commission, which is to report to history at York University, "The country as suggested by Jewish organi­ the Cabinet, is authorized to hold "A Troubled Immigration: The Ex­ zations, but that there may be 30 to 40. Nazi-Soviet Alliance: The First perience of the Ukrainian Galicia hearings in Canada and abroad, to hire Occupation of Western Ukraine, Division"; staffers and experts, to review govern­ 1939-41"; " "Investigating War Criminals Wiesenthal's allegations ment documents and to subpoena e "The Nazi Occupation of U- Today" — Canadian perspective: witnesses. kraine" — Bohdan Krawchenko, (Continued on page 14) Vienna-based Nazi hunter Simon The commission is to complete its Wiesenthal said in an Israeli radio work by the end of the year on a budget interview broadcast on February 9 that of approximately SI million. he believes there are 218 former Ukrai­ Making his announcement in the Soviets escalate mail tampering nian officers of the SS living in Canada. House of Commons, Minister Crosbie A Toronto spokesman for the Los noted the following: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Soviet autho­ whose cousin, the Rev. Sigitas Tam- Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Cen­ "In so far as the government's know­ rities have escalated the blockage of kevicius, is imprisoned in a Perm labor ter for Holocaust Studies said that 28 ledge extends, we understand from the mail to prisoners of conscience in the camp. "The issue is an emotional one in suspected Nazi war criminals entered Royal Canadian Mounted Police that USSR, according to the latest under­ our ethnic and religious community, Canada by posing as displaced persons. there are relatively few persons living in ground Chronicle of the Catholic because the Soviets are attempting to The spokesman, Sol Littman, said (Continued on page 14) Church in Lithuania, reported the completely isolate our friends and Lithuanian Information Center here. family from us." In a letter from a Perm labor camp, reprinted in issue No^.64 of the Chro­ Julius Sasnauskas's pen pal in Italy Ukrainian Canadians react to Nazi charges nicle, the Rev. Alfonsas Svarinskas has just informed the Lithuanian Infor­ writes that his letters have been returned. mation Center that personal correspon­ TORONTO - Ukrainian Canadians his son was accused in school of having He is one of two Lithuanian Catholic dence with the prisoner has ceased held a news conference here on a Nazi father. priests serving a 10-year sentence for altogether. Mr. Sasnauskas is complet­ February 14 in order to respond to Orest Rudzik, past president of the pastoral activity. ing a six-and-a-half-year sentence in media reports that 218 Ukrainians Toronto branch of the Ukrainian Cana­ The most recent evidence of Soviet exile for underground publishing acti­ living in Canada had served in the Nazi dian Committee, told reporters that mail interference is exhibited by the vity. Responses are not forthcoming SS and to voice their fears that many Canadians have come away with scores of Christmas greetings to Lithua­ and the return receipt no longer bears reporting such allegations without the impression that all Ukrainians nian prisoners of conscience in the the signature of the addressee, reported questioning them can only lead to collaborated with the Nazis. He added USSR which were returned to their the pen pal. ethnic intolerance. that this impression plagues even those senders in the United States. Despite the According to the testimony of former The Globe and Mail reported that the Ukrainians born in Canada whose fact that the letters were personal, prisoners, registered letter receipts are Ukrainian community, while parents immigrated from Europe. clearly not of any political nature, 90 methodically signed by Soviet agents supporting the Canadian government's "Our children and grandchildren percent of the cards sent last December and letters are never forwarded to the efforts to track down Nazi war have perpetually to stand as some sort by Catholics from the Greater New addressee. criminals, is worried that the search of a target... ifl still feel a sense of hurt, York area, were not delivered. The non-delivery of mail which is may turn into a witch hunt reminiscent then the situation speaks for itself," M r. Most of the returned mail was properly addressed is a violation by the of the McCarthy era in U.S. history. Rudzik was quoted as saying. stamped "retour inconnu" (addressee Soviet Union of internationally recog­ Community members said that they He also condemned the news media unknown), according to the center. nized human-rights agreements. The have already seen evidence of hatred for repeating the assertion that war "This is a deliberate attempt to cut the systematic exclusion of certain persons aimed at them in the wake of recent criminals are Ukrainians. "That's an lifeline of communications between from international mail service also news reports on alleged Ukrainian offense to the many Ukrainians who those living behind the Iron Curtain and violates the general regulations of the Nazis. perished in Nazi concentration camps... friends or relatives on the outside," said Universal Postal Union and the Consti­ One man, who did not wish to be this kind of smear campaign can only Emilija Sandanavicius of Brooklyn, tution of the USSR. identified, told The Globe and Mail that (Continued on ppge 3) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1985 No. 8 Charter 77 elects new spokesmen WASHINGTON - The Charter 77 The statement went on to say that the human-rights group in Czechoslovakia group, plans to issue only one Chronicle of entered its ninth year on January 6 and comprehensive document a year rather announced the election of three than risk work that is "hasty. the Catholic Church spokesmen for 1985, reported the superficial, or aimed solely at achieving CSCE Digest, a publication of the publicity and popularity." Commission on Security and Noting that Charter members are not in Ukraine Cooperation in Europe. "a select band of heros" but ordinary The three are: Eva Kanturkova, a citizens not impervious to fears of arrest writer, Petals ka Sustrova, an office and official harassment, the spokesmen worker, and Jiri Dienstbier, a former cautioned that too much should not be radio correspondent for Czechoslovak expected of them.