When did Stepan Bandera declare an independent state?

Gestapo and Abwehr officials protected Bandera followers, as both organizations intended to use them for their own purposes. On 30 June 1941, with the arrival of Nazi troops in Ukraine, Bandera and the OUN-B declared an independent Ukrainian state (“Act of Renewal of Ukrainian Statehood”). This declaration was accompanied by violent pogroms.

Who are the members of the band SDP?

The duo are signed to Berliner Plattenbau label. The band was founded in 1999 in Berlin-Spandau as Stonedeafproduction before shortening name to SDP. The band performs live with an accompanying band of musicians that changes, but mainly includes Raphael Seidel (bass), Phil Sunday (guitar), Thilo Brandt (drums) and Mad Maks (as DJ).

Why was Stepan Bandera awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

The European Parliament condemned the award; so did Russia, Polish and Jewish politicians and organizations. The incoming president, Viktor Yanukovych, declared the award illegal, since Bandera was never a citizen of Ukraine, a stipulation necessary for getting the award.

Where was Stepan Bandera born and raised in Poland?

Born in partitioned Poland (in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, then part of Austria-Hungary) into the family of a Greek-Catholic priest, young Bandera became a Ukrainian nationalist.

Where did Stepan Bandera live after World War 2?

He settled with his family in West Germany where he remained the leader of the OUN-B and worked with several anti-communist organizations such as the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations as well as with the British intelligence agencies. Fourteen years after the end of the war, in 1959, Bandera was assassinated by KGB agents in Munich.

What did Stepan Bandera’s father Andriy Bandera do?

Andriy Bandera, Stepan’s father, was arrested by Soviets in late May 1941 for harboring an OUN member and transferred to Kiev. On 8 July he was sentenced to death and executed on the 10th. His sisters Oksana and Marta–Maria were arrested by the NKVD in 1941 and sent to a GULAG in Siberia.

Why was Stepan Bandera so important to Ukraine?

For Bandera, an inclusive policy of nation building was important and therefore, he focused on growing support amongst all classes of Ukrainians in Western parts of Ukraine. In the early 1930s, Bandera was very active in finding and developing groups of Ukrainian nationalists in both Western and Eastern Ukraine.