Righteous Among the Nations Ivan Vovchuk was Stepan Bandera’s deputy in the OUN and saved Jews. His story should be revealed – opinion
He was the vice-president of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (UHVR, chairman Roman Shukhevych), deputy Stepan Bandera in the OUN and at the same time he is a "Righteous Among the Nations".
Fedor Vovk (in emigration – Ivan Vovchuk), together with his wife Yelizaveta Shkandel, saved many Jews in Nazi-occupied Nikopol, says in The Jerusalem Post Boris Lozhkin, President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine.
Vovk's case among Ukrainian nationalists is not unique. Many members of the OUN during the Holocaust risked their lives to shelter Jews and forged documents, turning them into Ukrainians.
On July 12, 1998, Yad Vashem awarded Fedor Vovk and his wife Yelizaveta Shkandel the honorary title of "Righteous Among the Nations". (Vovk, Feodor & Shkandel, Yelizaveta, p. 39)
The detailed life story of Ivan Vovchuk, one of the leaders of the OUN and a Righteous, can soon be read in the book Oleg Protsenko "National Tribune. Life and Ideas of Ivan Vovchuk". With the support of the Vovk Foundation, it is now being prepared for publication by the "Fronesis" publishing house. Many facts presented in the book will be published for the first time.
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