Germany

Golub-Lebedenko square

Svirya — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:36:08 +0000

Appearance date:

1998

Reference:

Валентина Писанська. ФРАНКФУРТ-НА-МАЙНІ: ПЛОЩА ІМЕНІ ГОЛУБА ТА ЛЕБЕДЕНКА...

Adam Golub (born on 12.06.1925 in Dnepropetrovsk) and Georgij Lebedenko (born 06.10.1923 in Kyiv) were prisoners of Katzbach concentration camp.

They tried to escape from the camp on 14.03.1945, but were caught and killed by Nazi near Lahnstraße / Kriegkstraße streetcross.

German writer Hans Frick published his memories about this murder in 1966.

The square was named after victims on 14.03.1998.

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Ivan Bahrianyi's grave

Svirya — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:08:56 +0000

Appearance date:

1963

Reference:

Багряний Іван Павлович

Ivan Bahrianyi (1906 – 1963) was a Ukrainian writer and politician. The writer's real name was Ivan Pavlovych Lozoviaha.

Memorial tablet to Ems Ukaz

Svirya — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:33:09 +0000

Appearance date:

1976

Reference:

Посол України відкрила пам’ятну дошку в м. Вад-Емс - Молебень за Україну

The Ems Ukaz was a secret decree of Tsar Alexander II of Russia issued in 1876, banning the use of the Ukrainian language in print, with the exception of reprinting of old documents. The ukaz also forbade the import of Ukrainian publications and the staging of plays or lectures in Ukrainian. It was named after the city of Bad Ems, Germany, where it was promulgated.

The memorial tablet was installed on the House with four towers, where Alexaner II stayed several times.

Pavlo Skoropadskyi's grave

Svirya — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:15:09 +0000

Appearance date:

1946

Reference:

Оберстдорф. Подорож до могили останнього гетьмана

Picture authors - Леся Шовкун і Дмитро Лиховій.

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Григорій Онуфрів. ОСТАННЯ ПОДОРОЖ ГЕТЬМАНА.

Stepan Bandera's tomb

Svirya — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:35:12 +0000

Appearance date:

1959

Reference:

50 років без Бандери. Ефект присутності

Stepan Bandera lived his last years in Munich with his family since 1954.

15.10.1959 he was assassinated by KGB agent Bohdan Stashynsky, using a spray gun that fired a jet of poison gas from a crushed cyanide capsule. Two years earlier Stashynsky assassinated Lev Rebet.

Stepan Bandera was burried in Munich Waldfriedhof cemetery (field 43) on 20.10.1959.