The #NazisInUkraine pre-dated the German #Nazis by more than 2 decades.
Ukrainian nationalists exterminated Jews by the hundreds of thousands after 1917 because of their #communist politics, first and foremost. Race was a *secondary* consideration.
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Watch the full lecture here. The professor’s remarks regarding the Ukrainian nationalists targeting of Jews due to their alleged Bolshevik politics begins 8 minutes and 19 seconds in.
I recommend watching the full video to grasp the full story.
I also made a video about this recently, with @RealCalebMaupin and @tjmac87 — connecting the anti-communist, anti-Jewish ideology of the Ukrainian nationalists with their German #Nazi collaborators.
It’s such important hidden history we MUST understand!
Ukrainian nationalists were the original gangsters, the OG #Nazis, years before anyone ever heard of #Hitler, before the #Nazi party existed.
The Ukrainian nationalists inspired Hitler.
I unpack this very heavy suitcase 🧳 full of historical evidence here: ⬇️
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