During World War II, Nazi Reichskommissar Eric Koch famously said: “If I meet a Ukrainian worthy of being seated at my table, I must have him shot.”
As the world celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe in World War II, it is important not to forget the brutality, rape, torture, and mass murder inflicted upon Ukraine by the Nazis.
Often overlooked in history, Ukrainians were categorized as “subhuman” by the Nazis and brutally killed. It was one of the largest genocides in history, as an estimated 5 million Ukrainians were slaughtered at the hands of the Germans between 1941 and 1945. It is a Nazi massacre not typically taught in the country’s schools.
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However, neither is the other carnage and genocide
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