massacres of poles in volhynia 1943

UKES

The Ukranians can be bastards for sure.

hey, hey. Watch your words mister.

I am sooo tried of those comments.

Miranda I don't feel the comments are directed at you but the ones that killed in such a barbaric manner, victims that the ones alive envy the dead.

I comprehend that very well. Bastard is a child out of wedlock the last time I checked and it is an insult. Those were cruel deaths for sure, but there is no need to call Ukies bastards.

On the other hand UPA was one of the best organized partisan armies. I guess one had to be a bastard to survive. I am not justyfying those deaths. I am just saying that calling all Ukrainian people bastards is not gonna solve anything.

Also, I am not gonna chop off anybody's head either.

And SS one of the best organized police units.

OK...I am a Polish-American, and I have had aquaintences and friendships with many Polaks, Ukies, Jews, Russians and Germans who came over here from the 'old country'...we all came over 'on the boat' so to speak, and share a similiar, yet different, cultural background, due to our Eastern European heritage...Now, let me talk about Ukies...In my high school, which was an early model of 'diversity', we had a fair number of Ukies...they seperated themselves and formed a small clique, and even had a small portion of the building to themselves to hang out in...there were many Jews in my school, too, and perhaps the Ukies felt a bit isolated, so they isolated themselves more...but I also had a good Ukie friend, name of Jerry Hrejka, who got me my first good job, in a Kosher deli to boot!...I made good money for a high school kid...one of my present 'bosses' is a Uke, but he always tries to pretend he is Polish...I told my mother about this, and she said 'His last name isn't Polish, it's Ukranian'...and we still have a decent size Ukranian community in Philadelphia, and they have a wonderful Ukranian cathedral, and are active culturally...so I like Ukies and respect them and their heritage...but some are bastards, just as Polacks and Jews can be bastards too...not to mention Germans and Russians!...and listen: in wartime, all civilized veneer is stripped and the beast is free to murder and rape.

I know that. We all know that. Thanks for the post.