Historian Every Saturday: Ihor Shchupak. Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations (11.05.2024)
A lecture by the historian Ihor Shchupak (director of the “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies; “Historian Every Saturday” series, marking the Day of Remembrance for Ukrainians who rescued Jews). The key points: the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations as a positive counter-narrative to claims of “wholesale collaboration”; the Holocaust on the territory of Ukraine (1.5 million victims, Babyn Yar); the three types of conduct (bystanders/accomplices/rescuers); Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and the Greek Catholic rescuers; the Hlaholiev family. A source for the article on the Ukrainian Righteous.
Key moments
- 0:42 May 14 — Day of Remembrance for Ukrainians who rescued Jews; a parallel with the present
- 4:53 1.5 million (a quarter) of the 6 million victims of the Holocaust were Ukrainian Jews
- 6:21 Three types of conduct: indifferent bystanders, accomplices, rescuers
- 30:12 Sheptytsky saved 150+ Jews; he is still not Righteous Among the Nations