to play a contributory role.

The Deschenes Commission cites 31 newspaper accounts between 1971 and 1986 of Nazi war criminals

residing in Canada, and points out that this list is not exhaustive. Decades of coverage of

such sensational accusations leaves a permanent impression on the minds of the public, while the

Deschenes Commission refutation takes place only once, and does not carry the same lurid

appeal. The net effect is a propaganda victory for the false accusers. 60 Minutes is making

its contribution to this phenomenon - its false accusations in "The Ugly Face of Freedom" were

long and sensational and will be remembered by many, its retraction will be short and dull and

will be remembered by few. 60 Minutes hands Ukrainophobes another victory.

Letters to Simon Wiesenthal

I have written a number of letters to Simon Wiesenthal asking for his clarification on the

issues raised above, and on other issues relating to his credibility and to his calumniation of

Ukraine. These letters can be found by clicking the above link. Other material relating to

Simon Wiesenthal can be found scattered throughout the UKAR site, and can be located using the

Internal Search Engine whose link can be found on the Home Page. One item particularly worth

mentioning might be my sixth letter to Michael Jordan, Chairman of Westinghouse. Following

examination of any of these materials, clicking BACK on your browser will return you to this

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CONTENTS:

Preface

The Galicia Division

Quality of Translation

Ukrainian Homogeneity

Were Ukrainians Nazis?

Simon Wiesenthal

What Happened in Lviv?

Nazi Propaganda Film

Collective Guilt

Paralysis of the Comparative

Function

60 Minutes' Cheap Shots

Ukrainian Anti-Semitism

Jewish Ukrainophobia

Mailbag

A Sense of Responsibility

What 60 Minutes Should Do

PostScript

What Happened in Lviv?

According to Simon Wiesenthal on the 60 Minutes broadcast, in three days following the

evacuation of the Communist forces and before the arrival of the German troops, Ukrainian police

killed between five and six thousand Jews:

SAFER: He [Simon Wiesenthal] remembers that even before the Germans arrived,

Ukrainian police went on a 3-day killing spree.

WIESENTHAL: And in this 3 days in Lvov alone between 5 and 6 thousand Jews was

killed.

...

SAFER: But even before the Germans entered Lvov, the Ukrainian militia, the

police, killed 3,000 people in 2 days here.

Some 60 Minutes viewers may have been struck by the curious observation that while the 60

Minutes expert witness - Simon Wiesenthal - claimed that the number of Jews killed was "between

5 and 6 thousand," in three days, the interviewer - Morley Safer chose to reduce that number

killed to "3,000" and the duration of the killing to two days - but without informing the viewer

on what grounds he did so.

Let us begin our examination of this claim by reviewing the historical context.

Historical Context of the Lviv Pogrom

Eight Years Previously. Although Western Ukraine was spared the induced famine of 1932-1933 in

which some six million Ukrainians perished, Western Ukrainians were nevertheless aware of the

famine in adjacent Soviet Ukraine and aware that it was administered at the top by Lazar

Kaganovich, a Jew, and was supported at the bottom by cadres, many said to be Jewish, who moved

from village to village confiscating grain and livestock.

During the previous 21 months. Western Ukraine was annexed by Soviet forces in 1939 for a

period of 21 months until the Germans arrived in 1941. What was the experience of Western

Ukrainians under Russian communism? It was traumatic. On top of suppression of culture and

confiscation of property, there was terror:

The most widespread and feared measure was deportation. Without warning,

without trial, even without formal accusation, thousands of alleged "enemies of