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	===Operation Barbarossa===		===Operation Barbarossa===
	[[Operation Barbarossa]], the Nazi operation to invade and occupy the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]], was planned alongside the OUN-B's "Ukrainian national revolution". When the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, Bandera commanded the OUN-B to carry out their revolution. The Nazis wouldn't allow Bandera to visit his organization or the invaded territories, instead he had to command the revolution from Nazi-occupied Poland. Bandera explicitly gave instructions for the OUN-B to cleanse Ukraine of Jews as well as ethnic ~~poles~~.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=On the way to the prisons, the Jews were beaten by a furious crowd of both men and women, with fists, cudgels, canes, and other implements. Some of the Jews were forced to crawl on their knees\|page=185\|quote=The act of registering all Jews by the militia was related to the plan to exterminate		[[Operation Barbarossa]], the Nazi operation to invade and occupy the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]], was planned alongside the OUN-B's "Ukrainian national revolution". When the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, Bandera commanded the OUN-B to carry out their revolution. The Nazis wouldn't allow Bandera to visit his organization or the invaded territories, instead he had to command the revolution from Nazi-occupied Poland. Bandera explicitly gave instructions for the OUN-B to cleanse Ukraine of Jews as well as ethnic Poles.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=On the way to the prisons, the Jews were beaten by a furious crowd of both men and women, with fists, cudgels, canes, and other implements. Some of the Jews were forced to crawl on their knees\|page=185\|quote=The act of registering all Jews by the militia was related to the plan to exterminate
	or remove them from Ukraine after establishing the state. Citizens of the OUN-B state were expected to provide the militia with information about “Red Army soldiers, NKVD men, Jews [zhydiv (evreïv)], and informers—in short, everyone who does not belong to the village community.”}}</ref>		or remove them from Ukraine after establishing the state. Citizens of the OUN-B state were expected to provide the militia with information about “Red Army soldiers, NKVD men, Jews [zhydiv (evreïv)], and informers—in short, everyone who does not belong to the village community.”}}</ref>

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	===Operation Barbarossa===		===Operation Barbarossa===
	[[Operation Barbarossa]], the Nazi operation to invade and occupy the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]], was planned alongside the OUN-B's "Ukrainian national revolution". When the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, Bandera commanded the OUN-B to carry out their revolution. The Nazis wouldn't allow Bandera to visit his organization or the invaded territories, instead he had to command the revolution from Nazi-occupied Poland. Bandera explicitly gave instructions for the OUN-B to cleanse Ukraine of Jews.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=On the way to the prisons, the Jews were beaten by a furious crowd of both men and women, with fists, cudgels, canes, and other implements. Some of the Jews were forced to crawl on their knees\|page=185\|quote=The act of registering all Jews by the militia was related to the plan to exterminate		[[Operation Barbarossa]], the Nazi operation to invade and occupy the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]], was planned alongside the OUN-B's "Ukrainian national revolution". When the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, Bandera commanded the OUN-B to carry out their revolution. The Nazis wouldn't allow Bandera to visit his organization or the invaded territories, instead he had to command the revolution from Nazi-occupied Poland. Bandera explicitly gave instructions for the OUN-B to cleanse Ukraine of Jews as well as ethnic poles.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=On the way to the prisons, the Jews were beaten by a furious crowd of both men and women, with fists, cudgels, canes, and other implements. Some of the Jews were forced to crawl on their knees\|page=185\|quote=The act of registering all Jews by the militia was related to the plan to exterminate
	or remove them from Ukraine after establishing the state. Citizens of the OUN-B state were expected to provide the militia with information about “Red Army soldiers, NKVD men, Jews [zhydiv (evreïv)], and informers—in short, everyone who does not belong to the village community.”}}</ref>		or remove them from Ukraine after establishing the state. Citizens of the OUN-B state were expected to provide the militia with information about “Red Army soldiers, NKVD men, Jews [zhydiv (evreïv)], and informers—in short, everyone who does not belong to the village community.”}}</ref>

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	\|name=Stepan Bandera\|native_name=Степан Бандера\|death_cause=Assassination via hydrogen cyanide\|nationality=Ukrainian\|known=Facilitating the genocide of Jews and Poles in Ukraine}}		\|name=Stepan Bandera\|native_name=Степан Бандера\|death_cause=Assassination via hydrogen cyanide\|nationality=Ukrainian\|known=Facilitating the genocide of Jews and Poles in Ukraine\|image=Stepan Bandera.jpg}}
	'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

	== Life ==		== Life ==
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	~~[[Category:Genocide perpetrators]]~~
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Bandera, Stepan}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Bandera, Stepan}}
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	\|birth_place=Staryi Uhryniv, [[Galicia]], [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy\|Austria-Hungary]]		\|birth_place=Staryi Uhryniv, [[Galicia]], [[Austro-Hungarian Monarchy\|Austria-Hungary]]
	\|death_date=15 October 1959 (aged 50)		\|death_date=15 October 1959 (aged 50)
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	\|name=Stepan Bandera\|native_name=Степан Бандера\|death_cause=Assassination via hydrogen cyanide\|nationality=Ukrainian\|known=Facilitating the genocide of Jews and Poles in Ukraine}}		\|name=Stepan Bandera\|native_name=Степан Бандера\|death_cause=Assassination via hydrogen cyanide\|nationality=Ukrainian\|known=Facilitating the genocide of Jews and Poles in Ukraine}}
	'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

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	\|birth_date=~~{{birth date\|~~1909~~\|1\|1}}~~		\|birth_date=1 January 1909
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	}}		\|name=Stepan Bandera\|native_name=Степан Бандера\|death_cause=Assassination via hydrogen cyanide\|nationality=Ukrainian\|known=Facilitating the genocide of Jews and Poles in Ukraine}}
	'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

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	'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

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	== Death ==		== Death ==
	On 15 October 1959, Bandera was poisoned with hydrogen cyanide by the [[KGB]] and died later that day.<ref>{{News citation\|date=1959-11-02\|title=The Partisan\|newspaper=Time\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612223221/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892820,00.html\|archive-date=2008-06-12}}</ref>		On 15 October 1959, Bandera was poisoned with hydrogen cyanide by the [[KGB]] and died later that day.<ref name='news of death'>{{News citation\|date=1959-11-02\|title=The Partisan\|newspaper=Time\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612223221/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892820,00.html\|archive-date=2008-06-12}}</ref>

	==Rehabilitation==		==Rehabilitation==

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	Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian fascist, nationalist and Nazi-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in Ukraine, culminating in the holocaust where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and Nazi-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the holocaust where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in the village of Staryi Uhryniv, located in the eastern part of Galicia, the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=}}</ref> He was involved in the nationalist movement from a very early age. He joined the UVO, a precursor to the OUN, in 1927, shortly before moving Lvov.<ref name=":0" /> The OUN was established in 1929, which the UVO merged into. Bandera became active in the nationalist movement, being arrested many times by Polish authorities until the Nazi invasion of Poland.		Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in the village of Staryi Uhryniv, located in the eastern part of Galicia, the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=}}</ref> He was involved in the nationalist movement from a very early age. He joined the UVO, a precursor to the OUN, in 1927, shortly before moving Lvov.<ref name=":0" /> The OUN was established in 1929, which the UVO merged into. Bandera became active in the nationalist movement, being arrested many times by Polish authorities until the Nazi invasion of [[Poland]].

	When the Nazis invaded Poland, Bandera escaped from prison and continued to organize with other nationalists under the new Nazi government. While most Ukrainian nationalists at the time were not anti-semitic, Bandera was a pioneer. Bandera even petitioned the Nazi governor of Poland, Hanz Frank, to kill all the Jews and Poles in what he considered to be Ukrainian territories.<ref name=":0" />		When the Nazis invaded Poland, Bandera escaped from prison and continued to organize with other nationalists under the new Nazi government. While most Ukrainian nationalists at the time were not anti-semitic, Bandera was a pioneer. Bandera even petitioned the Nazi governor of Poland, Hanz Frank, to kill all the Jews and Poles in what he considered to be Ukrainian territories.<ref name=":0" />
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	On 31 March, 1941, the OUN-B organized the second great congress of the Ukrainian nationalists. Since the first great congress was organized by the OUN, this second congress was intended to show that the new OUN-B was the real successor. At this congress several resolutions were adopted, such as the concept of “One nation, one party, one leader”, the beginning of Ukrainian "race science", and declaring Jews as an enemy of the OUN-B.		On 31 March, 1941, the OUN-B organized the second great congress of the Ukrainian nationalists. Since the first great congress was organized by the OUN, this second congress was intended to show that the new OUN-B was the real successor. At this congress several resolutions were adopted, such as the concept of “One nation, one party, one leader”, the beginning of Ukrainian "race science", and declaring Jews as an enemy of the OUN-B.

	The congress also introduced a set of fascist rituals. This included the red-and-black flag, which symbolizes blood and soil as well as the slogan "Slava ~~Ukraїni~~!" (Glory to Ukraine) to which the response was "Heroiam slava!" (Glory to the heroes).		The congress also introduced a set of fascist rituals. This included the red-and-black flag, which symbolizes blood and soil as well as the slogan "Slava Ukrayini!" (Glory to Ukraine) to which the response was "Heroiam slava!" (Glory to the heroes).

	Stepan Bandera was then declared Providnyk, their new equivalent to the Nazi Fuhrer.		Stepan Bandera was then declared Providnyk, their new equivalent to the Nazi Fuhrer.
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	===Operation Barbarossa===		===Operation Barbarossa===
	Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi operation to invade and occupy the Soviet Union, was planned alongside the OUN-B's "Ukrainian national revolution". When the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, Bandera commanded the OUN-B to carry out their revolution. The Nazis wouldn't allow Bandera to visit his organization or the invaded territories, instead he had to command the revolution from Nazi-occupied Poland. Bandera explicitly gave instructions for the OUN-B to cleanse Ukraine of Jews.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=On the way to the prisons, the Jews were beaten by a furious crowd of both men and women, with fists, cudgels, canes, and other implements. Some of the Jews were forced to crawl on their knees\|page=185\|quote=The act of registering all Jews by the militia was related to the plan to exterminate		[[Operation Barbarossa]], the Nazi operation to invade and occupy the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]], was planned alongside the OUN-B's "Ukrainian national revolution". When the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, Bandera commanded the OUN-B to carry out their revolution. The Nazis wouldn't allow Bandera to visit his organization or the invaded territories, instead he had to command the revolution from Nazi-occupied Poland. Bandera explicitly gave instructions for the OUN-B to cleanse Ukraine of Jews.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=On the way to the prisons, the Jews were beaten by a furious crowd of both men and women, with fists, cudgels, canes, and other implements. Some of the Jews were forced to crawl on their knees\|page=185\|quote=The act of registering all Jews by the militia was related to the plan to exterminate
	or remove them from Ukraine after establishing the state. Citizens of the OUN-B state were expected to provide the militia with information about “Red Army soldiers, NKVD men, Jews [zhydiv (evreïv)], and informers—in short, everyone who does not belong to the village community.”}}</ref>		or remove them from Ukraine after establishing the state. Citizens of the OUN-B state were expected to provide the militia with information about “Red Army soldiers, NKVD men, Jews [zhydiv (evreïv)], and informers—in short, everyone who does not belong to the village community.”}}</ref>

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	=== Ghettos and concentration camps ===		=== Ghettos and concentration camps ===
	The OUN-B established an organisation to carry out killings of Jews in western Ukraine called the Ukrainian People's Militsiya. This organization became the police of western Ukraine as instructed by the Nazis. The Ukrainian People's Militsiya alongside the Nazis transferred hundreds of thousands of Jews to ghettos and concentration camps. In the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine, 97% of Jews were killed, whereas in the Kharkov Oblast of eastern Ukraine, 91% survived. The OUN-B was directly involved in the killing of some 820,000 Jews in concentration camps and ghettos.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|page=241\|quote=In eastern Galicia 570,000 Jews and in Volhynia 250,000 were annihilated in four stages. The first stage was the pogroms, which cost about 30,000 Jewish lives in both regions, and which were analyzed in the previous chapter in connection with the “Ukrainian National Revolution.” In the second stage, which began during the pogroms and lasted until the end of 1941, Einsatzgruppe C shot about 50,000 Jews in eastern Galicia and 25,000 in Volhynia. The third stage differed between eastern Galicia and Volhynia. About 200,000 Jews in Volhynia were shot close to the ghettoes or in the local fields and forests. The Einsatzkommandos and Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police), who were assisted by the Ukrainian police, finished the murder of Volhynian Jews in late 1942. In eastern Galicia, more than 200,000 Jews were sent to the Bełżec annihilation camp, 150,000 were shot, and 80,000 were killed or died in the ghettos and labor camps. The extermination of the majority of eastern Galician Jews was completed in the summer of 1943. In the fourth stage, about 10 percent (80,000) of all western Ukrainian Jews fought for their lives while hiding in the woods, countryside, towns and cities. Ukrainian nationalists were involved in different ways in all four stages of the murder of the western Ukrainian Jews and committed other massacres of civilians, while pursuing their revolutionary and genocidal ideas.}}</ref>		The OUN-B established an organisation to carry out killings of Jews in western Ukraine called the Ukrainian People's Militsiya. This organization became the police of western Ukraine as instructed by the Nazis. The Ukrainian People's Militsiya alongside the Nazis transferred hundreds of thousands of Jews to ghettos and concentration camps. In the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine, 97% of Jews were killed, whereas in the Kharkov Oblast of eastern Ukraine, 91% survived. The OUN-B was directly involved in the killing of some 820,000 Jews in concentration camps and ghettos.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|page=241\|quote=In eastern Galicia 570,000 Jews and in Volhynia 250,000 were annihilated in four stages. The first stage was the pogroms, which cost about 30,000 Jewish lives in both regions, and which were analyzed in the previous chapter in connection with the “Ukrainian National Revolution.” In the second stage, which began during the pogroms and lasted until the end of 1941, Einsatzgruppe C shot about 50,000 Jews in eastern Galicia and 25,000 in Volhynia. The third stage differed between eastern Galicia and Volhynia. About 200,000 Jews in Volhynia were shot close to the ghettoes or in the local fields and forests. The Einsatzkommandos and Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police), who were assisted by the Ukrainian police, finished the murder of Volhynian Jews in late 1942. In eastern Galicia, more than 200,000 Jews were sent to the Bełżec annihilation camp, 150,000 were shot, and 80,000 were killed or died in the ghettos and labor camps. The extermination of the majority of eastern Galician Jews was completed in the summer of 1943. In the fourth stage, about 10 percent (80,000) of all western Ukrainian Jews fought for their lives while hiding in the woods, countryside, towns and cities. Ukrainian nationalists were involved in different ways in all four stages of the murder of the western Ukrainian Jews and committed other massacres of civilians, while pursuing their revolutionary and genocidal ideas.}}</ref>

			== Death ==
			On 15 October 1959, Bandera was poisoned with hydrogen cyanide by the [[KGB]] and died later that day.<ref>{{News citation\|date=1959-11-02\|title=The Partisan\|newspaper=Time\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612223221/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892820,00.html\|archive-date=2008-06-12}}</ref>

	==Rehabilitation==		==Rehabilitation==

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	Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian fascist, nationalist and Nazi-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the ~~OUN (~~Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in Ukraine, culminating in the holocaust where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian fascist, nationalist and Nazi-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in Ukraine, culminating in the holocaust where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

	== Life ==		== Life ==

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	\|death_date=15 October 1959 (aged 50)		\|death_date=15 October 1959 (aged 50)
	\|death_place=[[Munich]], [[Bavaria]] [[Federal Republic of Germany\|West Germany]]<ref name='news of death' />		\|death_place=[[Munich]], [[Bavaria]], [[Federal Republic of Germany\|West Germany]]<ref name='news of death' />
	\|name=Stepan Bandera\|native_name=Степан Бандера\|death_cause=Assassination via hydrogen cyanide\|nationality=Ukrainian\|known=Facilitating the genocide of Jews and Poles in Ukraine}}		\|name=Stepan Bandera\|native_name=Степан Бандера\|death_cause=Assassination via hydrogen cyanide\|nationality=Ukrainian\|known=Facilitating the genocide of Jews and Poles in Ukraine}}
	'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

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	'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and Nazi-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the ~~holocaust~~ where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.		'''Stepan Bandera''' (Ukrainian: Степан Бандера) was a Ukrainian [[Fascism\|fascist]], [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]]-collaborator who led the Bandera faction of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). He instructed his organization to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Jews and Poles in [[Ukraine]], culminating in the [[Holocaust]] where he helped murder more than 800,000 Jewish Ukrainians.

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in the village of Staryi Uhryniv, located in the eastern part of Galicia, the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=}}</ref> He was involved in the nationalist movement from a very early age. He joined the UVO, a precursor to the OUN, in 1927, shortly before moving Lvov.<ref name=":0" /> The OUN was established in 1929, which the UVO merged into. Bandera became active in the nationalist movement, being arrested many times by Polish authorities until the Nazi invasion of [[Poland]].		Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in the village of Staryi Uhryniv, located in the eastern part of Galicia, the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=Rossolinski-Liebe, Grzegorz\|year=2015\|title=Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist\|publisher=Columbia University Press\|isbn=9783838266848\|quote=}}</ref> He was involved in the nationalist movement from a very early age. He joined the UVO, a precursor to the OUN, in 1927, shortly before moving Lvov.<ref name=":0" /> The OUN was established in 1929, which the UVO merged into. Bandera became active in the nationalist movement, being arrested many times by Polish authorities until the Nazi invasion of [[Republic of Poland (1918–1939)\|Poland]].

	When the Nazis invaded Poland, Bandera escaped from prison and continued to organize with other nationalists under the new Nazi government. While most Ukrainian nationalists at the time were not anti-semitic, Bandera was a pioneer. Bandera even petitioned the Nazi governor of Poland, Hanz Frank, to kill all the Jews and Poles in what he considered to be Ukrainian territories.<ref name=":0" />		When the Nazis invaded Poland, Bandera escaped from prison and continued to organize with other nationalists under the new Nazi government. While most Ukrainian nationalists at the time were not anti-semitic, Bandera was a pioneer. Bandera even petitioned the Nazi governor of Poland, Hanz Frank, to kill all the Jews and Poles in what he considered to be Ukrainian territories.<ref name=":0" />
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	[[Category:Fascists]]		[[Category:Fascists]]
	[[Category:Nazi-collaborators]]		[[Category:Nazi-collaborators]]
			[[Category:Genocide perpetrators]]