Oleh Olzhych
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Oleh Oleksandrovych Kandyba (
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and became head of their cultural and educational branch.[2]
After the split in the OUN in 1938, Olzhych remained loyal to the
OUN-M in Carpatho-Ukraine as Melnyk's deputy. Olzhych's poetry focused on themes of the Ukrainian struggle for independence. He moved to Kyiv in 1941 and was instrumental in the formation of the Ukrainian National Council.[2]
From 1941 to 1944 he directed the activities of OUN-M in Ukraine. He was arrested by the Gestapo along with other political activists who were seeking of revival of Ukraine and subsequently was executed.
Oleh Olzhych is the son of the famous Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Oles.
References
- ^ Chatel, Vincent (2006). "Sachsenhausen - Oranienburg (Germany)". Jewish Gen. The Forgotten Camps. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b Marko Robert Stech, Danylo Husar Struk (2014). "Olzhych, Oleh". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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