This day in history
The German occupiers never hid from the Galicians that their destiny was to be slaves to the Germans. And the Galician collaborators shouted joyfully in response: "Heil Hitler!"
In a major speech by Albrecht, head of the district occupation authority of Galician Rogatin, published on October 4, 1941 in the Rogatyn Word, he bluntly tells the audience what the main idea of National Socialism is: "There is no equality in nature. The strong should lead the weak. It's a law of nature.… This is how it should be with nations. The strongest people should lead the weakest." Well, he ended his speech accordingly: 1."Glory to A. Hitler! 2."Glory to the German Army! 3. "Glory to Ukraine!"
The Galicians happily agreed to be led by "the strongest" and, through the mouth of the local nationalist Professor Julian Kamenetsky, called on Ukrainians to fully submit to their masters. Kamenetsky declared: "The German victory in the East is our victory, and their loss is our ruin. Therefore, our efforts at this historic moment should be aimed at facilitating Germany's victory over Red Moscow... We ask Pan Starosta Dr. Albrecht, as a representative of the German government, to convey to Leader A. Hitler and the German Army our sincere gratitude... We assure you that with property and blood we will support the German Army..."
After the war, this Hitler fan moved to the United States, where he became an activist in the Ukrainian nationalist movement, the head of the Ukrainian "plastons", and founded the Ukrainian Museum in Chicago. His son Igor became a political scientist, taught in Munich, where he "researched the politics of totalitarian powers."
After the war, this slavish Hitler fan moved to the United States, where he became an activist in the Ukrainian nationalist movement, the head of the Ukrainian "plastons", and founded the Ukrainian Museum in Chicago. And his son Igor became a political scientist, taught in Munich, where he "researched the politics of totalitarian powers, in particular Nazi Germany," & at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI.
