Serhii Plokhy

But the media around them, the neighbors around them, the people at their work basically say one and the same thing. And we as humans in general, whatever our background, we are very, very, our mind is really, it's relatively easy to manipulate it.

But the media around them, the neighbors around them, the people at their work basically say one and the same thing. And we as humans in general, whatever our background, we are very, very, our mind is really, it's relatively easy to manipulate it.

And to a degree that even family connections and even family ties don't sometimes help to maintain that ability to think and to analyze on your own, to look at the facts.

And to a degree that even family connections and even family ties don't sometimes help to maintain that ability to think and to analyze on your own, to look at the facts.

And to a degree that even family connections and even family ties don't sometimes help to maintain that ability to think and to analyze on your own, to look at the facts.

Yes. What happened during World War II was that once the Germans started to run out of manpower, They created sort of foreign legion groups. But because those people were not Aryans, they were created for fighting on the battleground. Because they were not Aryans, they couldn't be trusted.

Yes. What happened during World War II was that once the Germans started to run out of manpower, They created sort of foreign legion groups. But because those people were not Aryans, they were created for fighting on the battleground. Because they were not Aryans, they couldn't be trusted.

Yes. What happened during World War II was that once the Germans started to run out of manpower, They created sort of foreign legion groups. But because those people were not Aryans, they were created for fighting on the battleground. Because they were not Aryans, they couldn't be trusted.

So they were put under the command of Henry Himmler, under command of SS, and became known as SS Waffen Units. And one of such unions was created in Ukraine with great difficulties because Nazis didn't consider Slavs to be generally worthy of even that sort of foreign legion formations.

So they were put under the command of Henry Himmler, under command of SS, and became known as SS Waffen Units. And one of such unions was created in Ukraine with great difficulties because Nazis didn't consider Slavs to be generally worthy of even that sort of foreign legion formations.

So they were put under the command of Henry Himmler, under command of SS, and became known as SS Waffen Units. And one of such unions was created in Ukraine with great difficulties because Nazis didn't consider Slavs to be generally worthy of even that sort of foreign legion formations.

But they made an exception because those people were coming from Galicia, which was part of Austria-Hungary, which means part of Austria, which means somehow were open to the benevolent influence of the Germanic race, and called the division Galicia. Part of Ukrainian youth joined the division. One of the explanations was that they were looking at the experience of World War I.

But they made an exception because those people were coming from Galicia, which was part of Austria-Hungary, which means part of Austria, which means somehow were open to the benevolent influence of the Germanic race, and called the division Galicia. Part of Ukrainian youth joined the division. One of the explanations was that they were looking at the experience of World War I.

But they made an exception because those people were coming from Galicia, which was part of Austria-Hungary, which means part of Austria, which means somehow were open to the benevolent influence of the Germanic race, and called the division Galicia. Part of Ukrainian youth joined the division. One of the explanations was that they were looking at the experience of World War I.

and seeing that the Ukrainian units in the Austrian army then played a very important role in the fight for independence. That is one of the explanations. You can't just use one explanation to describe motivations of everyone and every single person who was joining there. They were sent to the front. They were defeated within a few short days by the Red Army.

and seeing that the Ukrainian units in the Austrian army then played a very important role in the fight for independence. That is one of the explanations. You can't just use one explanation to describe motivations of everyone and every single person who was joining there. They were sent to the front. They were defeated within a few short days by the Red Army.

and seeing that the Ukrainian units in the Austrian army then played a very important role in the fight for independence. That is one of the explanations. You can't just use one explanation to describe motivations of everyone and every single person who was joining there. They were sent to the front. They were defeated within a few short days by the Red Army.

And then were retreating through Slovakia, where they were used to fight with the partisan movement there, and eventually surrendered to the British. So that's the story. You can personally maybe understand what the good motivations were of this person or that person. But that is at the best one of the very tragic and unfortunate pages in Ukrainian history.

And then were retreating through Slovakia, where they were used to fight with the partisan movement there, and eventually surrendered to the British. So that's the story. You can personally maybe understand what the good motivations were of this person or that person. But that is at the best one of the very tragic and unfortunate pages in Ukrainian history.

And then were retreating through Slovakia, where they were used to fight with the partisan movement there, and eventually surrendered to the British. So that's the story. You can personally maybe understand what the good motivations were of this person or that person. But that is at the best one of the very tragic and unfortunate pages in Ukrainian history.