Ukrainian National Committee
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Ukrainian National Committee was a Ukrainian political structure, created on March 17, 1945 in Weimar
with the intention to release Ukrainian Nazi-sponsored military units from German command. After a series of negotiations, the authorities of the Third Reich
officially acknowledged their recognition of the Committee as the sole and independent representation of Ukrainian nation, with the extraterritorial rights and the right to command the Ukrainian National Army
under Ukrainian flag and national symbols.
Weimar
Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
with the intention to release Ukrainian Nazi-sponsored military units from German command. After a series of negotiations, the authorities of the Third Reich
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
officially acknowledged their recognition of the Committee as the sole and independent representation of Ukrainian nation, with the extraterritorial rights and the right to command the Ukrainian National Army
Ukrainian National Army
Ukrainian National Army was a World War II Ukrainian military group, created on March 17, 1945 in Weimar, Germany, and subordinate to Ukrainian National Committee....
under Ukrainian flag and national symbols.
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, The Last Secret. Forcible Repatriation to Russia 1944- 1947, London 1974 ISBN 0-233-96619-6 Pavlo ShandrukPavlo ShandrukPavlo Shandruk was a general in the army of the Ukrainian National Republic, a colonel of the Polish Army, and a prominent general of the Ukrainian National Army, a military force that fought against the Soviets under German command at the close of World War II.-Biography:Shandruk was born on...
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, nr 6, Paris, 1965 - Pavlo ShandrukPavlo ShandrukPavlo Shandruk was a general in the army of the Ukrainian National Republic, a colonel of the Polish Army, and a prominent general of the Ukrainian National Army, a military force that fought against the Soviets under German command at the close of World War II.-Biography:Shandruk was born on...
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