The Nazi No One Knows
Dr. Randy White
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The emblem of Neo-Nazi Ukrainian Nationalist party OUN-B[/caption]I previously posted my concerns about the rise of Ukrainian Nazis. Much of the response I got was, “it’s not happening.” As much as I want to believe it, I keep finding signs that it really is happening. In that post, I suggested that Jews consider leaving Ukraine. I’ve since found that at least one Ukrainian Rabbi agrees, saying, “There are constant warnings concerning intentions to attack Jewish institutions.”Something about the human mind causes us to be blinded to the worst elements of life around us. In World War II, the USA stayed out of the battle until we were attacked and forced to participate. Convinced that what happened across the pond didn’t matter, we focused on the poverty of the depression, singing the government-mantra that “happy days are here again.” There is plenty of evidence that both Jews and non-Jews in the United States had heard rumors of the Jewish concentration camps, but we had almost no response until those camps had become extermination camps. Admittedly, this is an all too simplistic view of the situation, but illustrative of how we are hard-wired to ignore hard-facts.My concern is that there is the rise of a Nazi element in post-revolutionary Ukraine. This is the Nazi that no one knows because Western and main-stream media have failed to report. If I was a journalist, I might choose to do the same thing: in the sound-byte format of today’s news, the big-picture of the invasion of Crimea by playground-bully and favorite-enemy Putin is too important to pass, and then the 60-second spot is over. Most American’s don’t even know enough about the revolution to Google phrases like “Euromaiden” (it’s the name of the revolution), or “OUN” (the name of the Ukrainian Nationalist Party). If we knew a few key phrases, we could go to the search-engine and perform this search of “OUN in Euromaidan,” and we might be surprised at what we see.Because the talking points do not include the neo-nazi element, and because our society is on the gullible side, I warn you not to be taken in by many articles that tell how, “Not only political differences but also social and national barriers became secondary on the Euromaidan. Ethnic Ukrainians waving their flags were joined by Crimean Tatars, Jews, Poles, Belarusians, Georgians, Armenians and others.” You could also read that “The Euromaidan was ideologically-friendly and open to everyone. There was no division based on language or ethnicity.” Reading further, one would “learn” that, “there was no anti-Semitism on the Maidan because there was no demand for it” and, “The Maidan dissipated the myth of Ukrainians’ xenophobia [/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=“1_1” background_position=“left top” background_color=“” border_size=“” border_color=“” border_style=“solid” spacing=“yes” background_image=“” background_repeat=“no-repeat” padding=“” margin_top=“0px” margin_bottom=“0px” class=“” id=“” animation_type=“” animation_speed=“0.3” animation_direction=“left” hide_on_mobile=“no” center_content=“no” min_height=“none”][the fear of foreigners]. The ‘traditional’ animosity of Ukrainians towards Poles was absent on the Maidan, where they stood side-by-side with Ukrainian ‘right wing radicals.’ The Maidan proved to be the best way for resolving historical differences. There emerged a mutual respect between peoples who hoped to be together in a common Europe.”It almost makes me want to break out in a round of Kum-ba-ya. But then I realize the article is written by Serhiy Kvit, the Minister of Education for Ukraine…educating us in Ukrainian propaganda. I believe his words as much as I believed Obama when he said we would all keep our health plan. Just the fact that his comments are filled with words like “political differences,” “social and national barriers,” “ethnic Ukrainians,” “xenophobia,” and “traditional animosity” makes me wonder how all these differences and barriers can disappear in one beautiful revolution.When one knows the terms to search, he finds a wealth of disturbing information about the rise of Nazism in American supported Ukraine.