Reply To: Clarity: Ukraine, bloody Nazi past and the current innocent

Of course there were also Chasidei Umot haOlam (Righteous among the Nations) in Ukraine too. There were many levels among the Europeans. (As there are always differences in the הלכה בידוע…)

There is also that inspiring tragic story where Nazis ordered Jews to bury Ukranians, they refused, they ordered Ukranians to bury the Jews and they refused, the diabolical Nazi shoved a bit of sand with his feet and tried to blame it on the Jews… and they were all murdered by the Nazis.

Nazis Bury Alive Old Jews and Ukrainians for Refusing to Inter Each Other, JTA, November 27, 1942.

But the bad Ukranians hunted Jews, unrelated to collaboration with Nazis, but on their own choice. And there was a viciius reason why Nazis also employed them in concentration camps, their cruelty, notorious.