www.ukrweekly.com СВ ОБОДА Jb,SYOBODA TH” ” "^^E. Ж УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОАІННИК ^gBRP U К К k І N І AN О АЧ1 fr0f "" Д ІЛ CO ^ X9- -^fn X3D — O-iO -4 Z oo at-no OOT) nzn О 33 39- Ukrainian Week у ІЧО PUBLISHED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION INC.. A FRATERNAL NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION vol. LXXXVIII No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY IO, 1981 25 cent? - Metropolitan Sulyk, Suslensky meet Plakhotniuk assaulted in Kiev by Dr. Walter Dusfanyck the Righteous of the World" in Tel NEW YORK - Mykola Plakhot– PH1LADELPH1A - Archbishop- Aviv. He said that Metropolitan Shep– niuk, a 45-year-old Ukrainian physi– Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of the tytsky is one of those great Christian cian, who was released from confine– Ukrainian Catholic Church received, in Church leaders who, at the risk of losing ment in a psychiatric hospital on May a May 2 audience, Yakov Suslensky, his own life, tried to save Jewish men, 10, 1980, was assaulted by unknown teacher, journalist and a member of the women and children wherever he could. assailants on the streets of Kiev on April Society of Jewish-Ukrainian Relations On his secret instructions some 150 8, according to information received by in Jerusalem. He is on a tour in the Jews were sheltered and saved in his the press service of the Ukrainian United States. institutions. Over 400 Jewish children Supreme Liberation Council (abroad). survived in various Ukrainian Catholic The purpose of Mr. Suslensky's visit monasteries and convents, where they Dr. Plakhotniuk was confined to a with Metropolitan Sulyk was to apprise were supplied with false birth certifi– special psychiatric hospital in Dnipro– the head of the Ukrainian Catholic cates and other personal documents. petrovske after being arrested on Ja– Church in the United States of the efforts in the heat of the destruction of the nuary 13, 1972, and tried by the Kiev of Ukrainian Jews in israel to have the Jews in 1942 by the Nazis, Metropolitan regional court for "anti-Soviet agitation illustrious name of the great Ukrainian Sheptytsky issued his notable pastoral and propaganda." Catholic churchman, the late Metropo– letter titled "Thou Shall Not Kill," in litan Andrey Sheptytsky, placed on the in August 1976 he was transferred to honor list of the "Righteous of the which he denounced and condemned a smilar hospital in Kazan and in 1978 World," and recognized by the govern– the Nazi genocide of innocent and he was transferred to an ordinary ment of israel for his heroic efforts in– defenseless Jews, and rejected as un– psychiatric hospital in the town of saving many Jews during the Nazi Christian the Nazi theory of "racial Smela, in the Cherkasy region in Uk– genocide in Eastern Europe during superiority," which spurred the Nazi Mykola Plakhotniuk World World H. government to the senseless murder of Jews and Slavs, including Ukrainians, Presently, the government of israel, Poles, Czechs, Byelorussians and o– through its official Commission on the thers,whomit considered "subhuman." Panchuk donates library to Harvard Memorial Park,"Yad vashem" in Tel therefore, concluded Metropolitan CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Dr. ivan Ukrainian Studies Program at Harvard Aviv, is planning an "Aisle of the Therefore, concluded Metropolitan Panchuk of Battle Creek, Mich., do– University. Righteous of the World" in the memo1 Sulyk, the efforts of Ukrainian Jews in nated bis private Ukrainian library to Dr. Panchuk's background and strong rial park, bearing the names of all those israel to have the late Metropolitan the Harvard College Library in order to interest in Ukrainian culture made it outstanding persons who helped in Sheptytsky recognized as one of the fill in gape of retrospective holdings in possible for him to acquire a valuable saving Jews. Mr. Suslensky said that to "Righteous of the World" are not only its Ukrainian collection. research collection on Ukraine. He was his committee's petition to the israeli highly laudable, but wholly justifiable, born in Gardenton, Man., on April 4, On April 12, he invited representa– because he was a true man of Christian 1904. His parents were early Bukovy– government was appended a list with tives from the Ukrainian Studies Fund love and compassion for his neighbors, nian settlers in southern Manitoba. As a over 1,500 signatures of israeli citizens, of Harvard University to his home for regardless of religious distinction, child Dr. Panchuk moved to Detroit, in former residents of Ukraine, in support the presentation of his library gift. Olha national, cultural or racial origin. 1928, he graduated from the University of this request to recognize Metropo– Duzhey, a USF representative from Such recognition would have a great of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor. litan Sheptytsky. Detroit, and Michael Bazansky, a impact upon the further development of 1?JteXf loped a successful law career at major donor to the Ukrainian collecri Metropolitan Sulyk, after listening Jewish-Ukrainian relations in the fu– чкїегаї Life and Casualty, where he in Harvard College Library, also from carefully to Mr. Suslensky, made the ture, which in the past were marred by worked until his retirement in 1969. Detroit, visited Dr. Panchuk and ac– following observations. The metropo– tragic conflicts bringing inestimable Active participation in Ukrainian cepted his library gift on behalf of the litan wholeheartedly welcomed these damage to both peoples in Ukraine and community affairs is a goal that Dr. noble efforts and endeavors of Ukrai– in the diaspora. Panchuk has pursued throughout his nian Jews now in israel to record– the Mr. Suslenky was accompanied by life. He was a hard-working member of name and memory of the late Metropo– Dr. Walter Dushnyck, editor of The Madrid Conference resumes; many Ukrainian organizations. Some litan Andrey Sheptytsky in the "Aisle of Ukrainian Quarterly. the positions he held as a community U.S. delegation skeptical activist are: co-founder and head of the Federation of American Ukrainians in Dance master Avramenko dies MADR1D - The Madrid Con– Michigan; member, donor and presi– ference to review the 1975 Helsinki NEW YORK - Ukrainian choreo– dent of the Ukrainian Graduates; head Accords resumed here on May 5 with grapher, dance instructor and film of the United Ukrainian American Re– the United States ready to try one last producer vasile Avramenko died here lief Committee.; co-founder and first' time to reach agreement with the Soviet on Wednesday, May 6, at the age of 86. head of Tovarystvo Bukovyna; active Union on human rights and detente, Mr. Avramenko was born in Stebliv, member of the UCCA, UNA, Ukrainian according to the Associated Press. Ukraine, on March 22, 1895. He at– National Home and Ukrainian Michigan tended the School of Dramatic Art and "We'd like to give it one more shot," League. Dr. Panchuk is also known in the took part in the Sadovsky Theater in Max Kampelman, head of the U.S. Kiev, in 1921 he founded the First delegation, told reporters as the 35- (Continued on page 12) School of Ukrainian National Dance in nation meeting resumed after a three- Kalisz, Poland. week recess. Mr. Avramenko is credited with But Mr. Kampelman remained skep– 1NS1DE: having organized some 40 dance schools tical that agreement could be reached in western Ukraine, Czecho-Slovakia on a final document supporting the Ш Text of Max Kampelman's and Germany in 1922-24. Ukrainian 1975 accords on human.rights and remarks at the Madrid Conference folk dance in Canada is closely asso– European security. - page 3. ciated with the arrival of Mr. Avra– "Since last September, when the Ш Rep. Edward Derwinski on the menko in 1926. in the wake of his tour conference began, 1 have seen no tan– radio war — page 7. there a great number of Ukrainian folk gible step — deeds not words — by the M Book notes — page 7. dance ensembles were founded. Mr. Soviet Union that would indicate a Ш Panorama by Helen Perozak commitment to continuing the Helsinki Smindak — page 9. (Continued on page 12) Yasile Avramenko process," he said. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10,1981 No. 19 Documenf yields new information Murzhenko appeals for husband on Ukrainian National Front to Madrid Conference delegates NEW YORK. - A samvydav docu– Herald and an almanac, "Prozrinnia" HELS1NK1, Finland - Lubba Mr. Murzhenko was first arrested in ment titled "Additional information on (of which only two issues were publish– Murzhenko, wife ol Ukrainian politicacal March 1962 for having organized a the Ukrainian National Front," which ed, due to lack of necessary resources). prisoner Oleksiy Murzhenko, has apip– group called "SvobodaRozumu"(Free- details the founding of the organization Mr. Kraynyk was the type of person pealed on behalf of her husband to ththe dom to Think) which put out a manifesto and the methods used by the KGB to who was interested in meeting people. participants of the Conference on and pamphlets.. Among the members of curtail its activities, has reached the He met one Mykhailo illya Boliuk, who Security and Cooperation in Europipe the group were viktor Balashov and West, reported the press service of the said that he was a member of the currently being held in Madrid, reportirt– Yuriy Fedorov. Mr. Murzhenko was Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council present-day underground movement of ed the Smoloskyp Ukrainian informaia–- charged under Articles 70 and 72, and (abroad). the Organization of Ukrainian Nationa– tion Service. sentenced to six years' imprisonment. The Ukrainian National Front was lists (OUN) and that he had contacts Mr. Murzhenko was rearrested in From 1964 to 1967 he was in viadimir founded in the mid-1970s on the initia– with the West. How was one not to trust 1970 along with a group of Jews who,,i in Prison.