26.10.2014, Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia)
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If one compares the Germany of the 1920-1930s and the Ukraine of
today – the similarity is striking. The situation in the country allows a
political party seen as a marginal one by the majority of population ride the
wave of discontent to become a major political actor. It comes to power and
establishes a dictatorship. Formally President von Hindenburg led the country,
but the members of the National Socialist German Workers Party held all key
government positions. Germany quickly turned into a totalitarian state. The
same thing is taking place in Ukraine. Top government officials connive at
advocates of Nazi ideology who grab all key positions. Only yesterday the
Ukrainian Nazi were viewed as a marginal force and today they spread their
views to make the ideology of national socialism permeate all aspects of public
life.
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Social nationalism is another name for the ideology of Ukrainian
integral nationalism that emerged in the 1920-1940s. According to its founders,
the ideology is a compilation of German Nazism and Italian fascism adapted to
the Ukrainian realities. The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) was
the driving force spreading this ideology around. Stepan Bandera, one of the
organization’s leaders, got a prison sentence in Poland for committing a
terrorist act. He was freed by Hitler’s occupational force and recruited by
Abwehr. Bandera went
