The book “National Tribune. The Life and Ideas of Ivan Vovchuk” about one of the OUN leaders and one of the Righteous Among the Nations is now being prepared for printing
Vice-President of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (UHVR) under the chairmanship of Roman Shukhevych, Stepan Bandera’s deputy in the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and at the same time a Righteous Among the Nations. Feodor Vovk (in emigration Ivan Vovchuk) together with his wife Yelizaveta Shkandel saved many Jews in Nazi-occupied Nikopol.
The case of Vovk is not unique among the Ukrainian nationalists. Risking their lives, many OUN members sheltered Jews and forged documents, turning them into Ukrainians during the Holocaust.
It will be possible to read a detailed life story of Ivan Vovchuk, one of the OUN leaders and one of the Righteous Among the Nations, in Oleh Protsenko’s book “National Tribune. The Life and Ideas of Ivan Vovchuk”.
With the support of the Vovk Foundation, the book is now being prepared for printing by the Phronezis publishing house. Many facts stated in the book will be published for the first time.
As many people as possible, not only in Ukraine, but also abroad, should get to know about the nationalist Righteous Among the Nations. This will help to destroy the myth of Ukrainian anti-Semites and further strengthen relations between Ukrainians and Jews.
There are more details in my column in the The Jerusalem Post.
