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AP. 19 March 2002. Ukrainian regional authorities recognize SS veterans as national heroes. KYIV, March 19 - A city council in western Ukraine has recognized Ukrainian soldiers who fought with the Nazis as fighters for freedom from Soviet rule, allowing them greater pensions and social benefits. The Ivano-Frankivsk city council decided Monday to proclaim 24 veterans of the Nazi SS Halychyna division as fighters for Ukrainian independence, according to the region's official web site. The new status would give them increased pensions and discounts for communal services, the site said, citing the press service of the regional administration. Representatives of the local Russian Association protested the decision. The Halychyna division was created after Nazis occupied parts of Soviet Ukraine in the early part of World War II. The division functioned in Ukraine's western regions, and many ethnic Ukrainians hostile to the Soviet regime joined. After the war, Soviet authorities imprisoned many of the division's veterans in labor camps as Nazi collaborators [not surprisingly]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
