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A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.

JL;DR SUMMARY The commemoration of Roman Shukhevych, a known Nazi collaborator responsible for massacres during World War II, by Ukraine's Chicago consulate, highlights ongoing issues of Holocaust revisionism and historical distortion. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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UkraineWorld War IiJewish OrganizationsHolocaust RemembranceNazi CollaboratorsRoman ShukhevychHolocaust RevisionismPolitical AlliancesUs Ukraine Relations

Places mentioned

Chicago, Illinois, United States
"On March 9, Ukraines Chicago consulate posted photos of Consul Serhiy Koledov participating in a commemoration for Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych, whose troops massacred Jews and Poles."
Lviv, Lvivshchyna, Ukraine
"A sculpture of Roman Shukhevych, pictured after a Russian airstrike destroyed his namesake museum in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2024."
Israel
"The Hamas militants who butchered, kidnapped and raped civilians in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, were, to some, fighting for freedom."

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