Ivan Rohach
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Ivan Andriyovych Rohach (Ukrainian: Іван Андрійович Рогач) (29 May 1913 – 21 February 1942) was a Ukrainian journalist, poet, writer, and political activist.
Biography
Rohach was born in
Political career
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Rohach was a prolific writer of political pamphlets and short stories dealing with various aspects of
In January 1942, Rohach became the co-editor of the newspaper Nove Ukrainske Slovo ("New Ukrainian Word")[2] and the magazine Lytavry ("Tympani"), which united those active in Ukrainian culture and arts in Kyiv. The newspaper expressed strong antisemitic sentiments. In 1941, the paper described Jews as the "greatest enemy of the people."[3]
Arrest and execution
In 1941, Rohach was arrested by the Gestapo during a crackdown on Ukrainian nationalist activities, after he and others refused unconditional cooperation with the Germans.[4] Rohach was taken to Babi Yar where he, along with his sister, Anna (Hanna), and his entire staff, was executed.[2]
Legacy
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Poems from his collection of poetry Brosti have been set to music. A number of the songs have been included in the Plast song book U mandry ("To wander") and continue to be sung by Ukrainian scouts today.[5]
In 1992, a wooden cross memorial was erected in memory of
References
- ^ "(Ukrainian) Сьогодні у Києві вшанують пам'ять пластунів, розстріляних у Бабиному Яру (Today we honour the scouts who died in Babyn Yar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
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- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ Berkhoff, Karel (October 2018). "BASIC HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE BABYN YAR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER" (PDF).
- ^ Пластуни вшанували своїх побратимів, що загинули в Бабинім Яру
- ^ "Photos of Babi Yar Memorial". Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- ^ Kutsovska, Galyna (June 2019). "Memorializing Babyn Yar: Politics of Memory and Commemoration of the Holocaust in Ukraine" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- Entsykolpedia Ukrainoznavstva Vol 7 p. 2547
- ПОДІЇ НА ЗАКАРПАТТІ ДО 30 ВЕРЕСНЯ 1938 РОКУ at exlibris.org.ua
- Щоденник Частина 5. Василь Ґренджа-Донський. Щастя і горе Карпатської України at litopys.org.ua
- Трагедия Бабьего Яра: массовые казни людей нацистами (1941—43) at www.kmv.gov.ua