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Monument of Shame
Akai47, Pią, 2006-05-19 17:58 EnglishThe Ukrainian government plans to erect a statue to Simon Petliura on December 1 in Kiev. Anarchists protest against yet another monument to a pogromist and right-wing murderer.
On May 25, 1926, General Simon Petliura was approached by a man who asked in Ukrainian, "Are you Mr. Petliura?" When he responded in the affirmative, the man, a Ukrainian-born Jewish anarchist named Sholom Schwartzbard, shouted "Defend yourself, you bandit!" Petliura raised his cane and Schwartzbard pulled out a gun, shooting him three times, while exclaiming "This, for the pogroms; this for the massacres, this for the victims."
Long Live Sholom Schwartzbard! Long Live Nestor Makhno! Tell Ukraine: No Honor for the Fascists!
On May 25, 1926, General Simon Petliura was approached by a man who asked in Ukrainian, "Are you Mr. Petliura?" When he responded in the affirmative, the man, a Ukrainian-born Jewish anarchist named Sholom Schwartzbard, shouted "Defend yourself, you bandit!" Petliura raised his cane and Schwartzbard pulled out a gun, shooting him three times, while exclaiming "This, for the pogroms; this for the massacres, this for the victims."
Defeated by Makhnov's Black Army...
Assassinated by Sholom Schwartzbard...
Keep Simon Petliura where he belongs!
Stop Ukraine from honoring the fascist:
Embassy of Ukraine: 202-333-7507
Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations: 212-759-7003
http://www.ukraineinfo.us/contact/c_consular.html
http://www.ukraineinfo.us/contact/c_politsect.html
Take action at a Ukrainian consulate near you!
Monument to organizer of Jewish pogroms to be erected in Kiev
A monument to Symon Petlyura will be erected in Kiev downtown. As Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper informs, the monument will be unveiled in the framework of events to honor the 80th anniversary of Petlyura's death. The monument will be erected by December 1, 2006 at the intersection of Volodimerska Street and Taras Shevchenko Avenue in Kiev downtown.
On May 16, 2005, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree 'On Perpetuation of the Memory of Ukrainian People's Republic and Western-Ukrainian People's Republic Outstanding Figures', in which Symon Petlyura was named among outstanding figures. Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Tourism Igor Likhovoy heads organization committee on preparation and conducting of all actions, connected with commemorating Petlyura's death.
Symon Petlyura was an active figure of the Ukrainian nationalistic movement at the beginning of the 20th century. During the Russian Civil War he was briefly Head of Ukrainian Directory, which established nationalistic dictatorship in part of modern Ukrainian territory.
During the rule of Petlyura, mass bloody pogroms were perpetrated against the Jews of Ukraine, which were labeled later by some historians as a "Holocaust rehearsal." After the Civil War, Petlyura fled abroad. Symon Petlyura was assassinated by Ukrainian-born Jewish anarchist Sholom Schwartzbard in revenge for Jewish pogroms in Ukraine on May 25, 1926.
