ВИКРИТТЯ А. ШЕПТИЦЬКИМ СУТНОСТІ НАЦИСТСЬКОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ В ЛИСТАХ ДО А. ГІТЛЕРА ТА ПАПИ ПІЯ ХІІ
Journal Title: Науковий вісник Ужгородського університету. Серія: Історія - Year 2019, Vol 40, Issue 1
Abstract
In this article it was considered the letters of A. Sheptyckyy to A. Hitler and Pope Pius ХІІ in which was clearly outlined national and patriotic position of Galician Metropolitan. Also it was emphasized on diplomatic efforts of A. Sheptyckyi for whom this temporal choosing the Hitlerites as ally had situational character. And when Hitler’s politics showed vividly its real nature, Galician Metropolitan strongly condemned Nazis. In order to keep the Ukrainians from hazing of German army, A. Sheptyckyy, M. Velychkivskyy, A. Livytskyy, M. Omelyanovych-Pavlenko and A. Melnyk wrote the address “About getting over the anti-Ukrainian politics of occupational authorities of Germany what concerning national and cultural development of Ukraine” to A. Hitler on January, 14 1942. In this address they condemned suspension of Ukrainian soldiers from active military actions including accession of western Ukrainian territory to General Governorate and handover of Odessa with surrounding territories under the authority of Romania. These actions contradicted the idea of unification of Ukrainian territories into one state and this was one more reason for disappointment of German politics. Greek-Catholic bishops spoke out on issue that in central Ukraine patriotic press was prohibited, Ukrainian schools were closed, the right to private ownership was not renewed. A. Sheptyckyy condemned the creation of collective farms by the Hitlerites (as Bolsheviks did), their desire to treat the Ukrainian peasants like slaves. The letter of A. Sheptyckyy and Greek-Catholic bishops to Hitler was the last attempt to convince Nazis authority that they should not behave arrogantly and violently against Ukrainian people. Atrocities of the Hitlerites on the occupied Ukrainian territory A. Sheptyckyy described in his letter to Pope Pius ХІІ (August, 29-30, 1942), he emphasized the disappointment of Hitler’s politics and unjustified hope of the Ukrainians who lived in Galicia. After extrication from the Bolsheviks’ yoke, citizens have felt themselves free for a month or two and then German government established a regime of terror and corruption. A. Sheptyckyy tried to explain to the Pope that German regime is more violent than Bolsheviks’ one, whereas there are constant murders, theft, burglary, confiscation and bribery. The evaluative thoughts concerning Hitler’s politics made by A. Sheptyckyy in letter to The Pope proved that Galician Metropolitan did never sympathize for Nazis as often wrote Soviet historians. But conversely, he protected the interest of the Ukrainians and wanted to save them from violence of German army.
Authors and Affiliations
Volodymyr Basarab
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP633861
- DOI 10.24144/2523-4498.1(40).2019.169969
- Views 60
- Downloads 0
ФЕДІР БРЕЦКО – АВТОР ШКІЛЬНИХ ПІДРУЧНИКІВ З ІСТОРІЇ ТА ПРАВОЗНАВСТВА, ПЕДАГОГ-НОВАТОР
The article reveals the peculiarities of the long-term pedagogical and research activities of well-known transcarpathian history teacher Fedir Bretsko, his experience of preparing of the future history teachers, the focu...
ВЕРЕЦЬКИЙ ПЕРЕВАЛ ЯК ТОРГОВИЙ ШЛЯХ
This article considers the problem of the Veretski mountain pass as a trade route in the Middle Ages. This mountain pass served as a military road for the nomads. Among the geographical locality, where the nomads could b...
ОБЛАСНА ПРЕСА ЯК ЗАСІБ ФОРМУВАННЯ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТІ НАСЕЛЕННЯ ЗАКАРПАТТЯ У 1944-1953 рр.
The subject of the study is the articles of the regional periodicals of the late Stalin period. On their basis, the author searches for means and plots which helped the Soviet authorities influenced to the formation of t...
ПРАВОСЛАВНИЙ РУХ У С. ІЗА НА ПОЧАТКУ ХХ СТ. У СВІТЛІ НОВИХ АРХІВНИХ ДОКУМЕНТІВ
The article deals with the process of creating an Orthodox community in the village of Iza in Khust district. The source of the article was unpublished documents of the Austrian State Archives, the Regional Archive of th...
ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ ЧЕХОСЛОВАЦЬКОЇ ЖАНДАРМЕРІЇ НА ПІДКАРПАТСЬКІЙ РУСІ (1919 - 1921 рр.).
Gendarmerie plays an important role in formation of Czechoslovak republic's borders in Pidkarpatska Rus. Its main task was to keep the civil order on the new current positions. Besides gendarmes who were involwed in civi...