deputy commander of the SS Division Nightingale."

It is another mark of 60 Minutes' biased coverage that in objecting to streets being named after

the above-mentioned Stepan Bandera, it did not mention that he spent most of the war in German

captivity, nor that he lost two brothers at Auschwitz; and in objecting to the commemoration of

the above-mentioned Roman Shukhevych, it did not mention that he escaped from German captivity

and commanded the Ukrainian guerrilla war against the German occupation. These omissions are

part of a pattern of distortions and misrepresentations used by 60 Minutes to create the false

impression of undeviating commitment to Naziism on the part of Ukrainians. Take Ukraine's

staunchest opponents of Naziism, let 60 Minutes' makeup crew touch them up for the camera, and

somehow they appear on the air with swastikas smeared on their foreheads.

And so 60 Minutes has painted a picture entirely at variance with the historical record. The

idea of Ukrainians en masse unselfconsciously celebrating the SS is preposterous and on a par

with the image of Jews sacrificing Christian children to drink their blood. These sorts of

fantastic and inflammatory charges are leveled by the more hysterical elements within each

community, are passed along by the more irresponsible members of the mass media, and are aimed

at consumption by the more naive and gullible members of their respective groups. 60 Minutes'

allegations have smeared members of the Galicia Division and Ukrainians generally with a

reckless disregard of evidence that is readily available to any researcher who is interested in

presenting an impartial picture. It is a blatant calumny for 60 Minutes to hold out any of the

above-mentioned units as evidence that Ukrainians "marched off to fight for Hitler" and it

overlooks also that on the Soviet side fighting the Nazis were about two million Ukrainians

which in view of their much larger number, 60 Minutes could have taken as evidence of Ukrainians

"marching off to fight against Hitler" and it overlooks as well the large number of Ukrainians

fighting against Hitler in the various national armies of the Allied forces.

Morley Safer's Contempt for the Intelligence of his Viewers.

Morley Safer states that "Nowhere, not even in Germany, are the SS so openly celebrated," and

while he is saying this, we might rightly expect that the scenes presented will be supportive of

his statement. What we do see is elderly veterans of the Galicia Division at a reunion in

Lviv. What details of these scenes support Morley Safer's strong conclusion? Let us consider

ten possibilities.

(1) Perhaps Mr. Safer counted swastikas, and their large number supported his strong

conclusion? But no, that can't be it - for there is not a single swastika to be seen anywhere.

Not one! But how is it possible to hold the world's most open celebration of the SS without a

single swastika? Mr. Safer's conclusion does not seem to be supported by the scene presented

in fact, his conclusion seems to be contradicted by the scene presented. Well, but perhaps

there were other clues?

(2) Surely at the world's most open celebration of the SS, one would find the "SS" insignia in

plentiful supply? But no, there is not a single "SS" visible anywhere. The camera scans the

veterans, we can see their medals and decorations, but we cannot see a single "SS." So far,

then, we have the world's most open celebration of the SS, but without a single swastika and

without a single "SS." But let us move ahead more quickly.

(3) The number of portraits of Hitler, commander-in-chief of all the German armed forces, and so

commander-in-chief of the SS? Zero!

(4) The number of portraits of Himmler, head of the SS? Zero!

(5) The number of portraits of any member of the Nazi hierarchy, or indeed of any German? Zero!

(6) Any Nazi salutes being made? No, not one!

(7) Any Nazi songs being sung? None!

(8) A single word of German spoken? No, not one!

(9) Perhaps there was literature circulated during the reunion which revealed Nazi sympathies?