Abstract
Since the fall of Communism, there has been a need for new national heroes in Central and Eastern European countries. These are often controversial because the collaborated with the Germans during the Second World War. The Ukrainian Archbishop Andrey Sheptytskyi is an example of such a hero: on the one hand, he saved about 150 Jewish lives in the Holocaust. On the other hand, he welcomed the invading German army as 'liberators' in 1941. How should we view such conflicting acts? What does the controversial character of Sheptytskyi lean us about what we view as 'good' and 'evil' in history?
| Translated title of the contribution | Andrey Sheptytskyi: A problematic Ukrainian hero? |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Pages (from-to) | 13-29 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Groniek |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 218 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan-2019 |
Keywords
- Ukraine
- Holocaust
- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
- Andrey Sheptytskyi
- Ukrainian nationalism