Ukrainian Collaborationist Newspapers, Lvivski Vist, Krakivski Visti, and Wolyn, 1940-1945 | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

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Collection Overview

Title: Ukrainian Collaborationist Newspapers, Lvivski Vist, Krakivski Visti, and Wolyn, 1940-1945

ID: RG-21/

Primary Creator: Lvivski Visti

Other Creators: Krakivski Visti, Wolyn (1941)

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by publication, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is comprised of three collections: 1. Krakivski Visti publications; 2. Lvivski Visti publications; 3. Wolyn publications.

Subjects: Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945, collaboration in the Holocaust, District Galicia (General Government: Administrative Unit), 1941 -- 1945, Documents in Ukrainian language, Eastern Galicia (Poland: Region), General Government (German-occupied Poland), 1939 -- 1945, Holocaust in Ukraine, Ideology of Ukrainian Nationalism, Krakivski Visti, Ukrainian collaborating with German Authorities periodical in Cracow, 1940 -- 1945, Lemberg (Poland: General Government: District Galicia), 1941 -- 1944, Lviv (Ukraine), Lvivski Visti, Ukrainian collaborating with German Authorities periodical, Lviv, 1940 --1944, Lwow (Poland), Narratives in Ukrainian language, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), periodicals, Ukrainian, Poland (1939 --1945), Theory of Ukrainian Nationalism, Ukraine (1939-1945), Ukrainian -- Jewish Relation under the Nazi-German regime in Eastern Galicia, 1941 -- 1944, Ukrainian - German Relations, 1939 -- 1941, Ukrainian - German Relations, 1941 -- 1945, Ukrainian administrative and police authorities in Eastern Galicia, 1941 -- 1944, Ukrainian Auxiliary Police, Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in Cracow, 1940 --1945, Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in Lviv, 1941 -- 1944, Ukrainian combat SS Division Galicia, 1944, Ukrainian military formations in the Second World War, 1939 -- 1945, Ukrainian national aspirations, Ukrainian political spectrum in Eastern Galicia, 1941 -- 1945, Ukrainian public organizations in Eastern Galicia under the Nazi-German regime, 1941 -- 1944, Ukrainian Society of East Galicia in relation to Nazi-German cause, 1939 --1945, Wolyn (Volhynia), Ukrainian collaborating periodical, 1941, Wolyn province (1940 -- 1945)

Forms of Material: Eastern Galicia (Ukraine: Region)

Languages: Ukrainian

Abstract

A selection of Ukrainian-language collaborating periodicals, published under the German occupation regime in Lviv (Eastern Galicia), Cracow (Western Galicia) and Wolyn (Volhynia) region. These periodicals replicated the German officialdom, were under German censorsship and propagated the doctrine of National Socialism.

In local matters, they typically appealed to Ukrainian population, asking to support the German-Nazi cause.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This record group is comprised of the periodicals Krakivski Visti, Lvivski Visti, and Wolyn, a group of Ukrainian collaborator newspapers during the Second World War. Initiated by the Ukrainian civil administration, the publication of Ukrainian-language newspapers in German-occupied Galicia, Lvivski Visti and Krakivski Visti began publication soon after the German Army invaded first Poland (Krakivski Visti) and then the USSR (Lvivski Visti). Expropriation of formerly-owned Jewish publishing houses became possible as a result of the process called Aryanization (transferring of Jewish property to non-Jewish individuals or organizations). Thus Jewish publishing houses in Lviv and Cracow were aryanized and given to the Ukrainian organizations, which allowed for the publication of periodicals such as these.

All periodicals are digitized.

Collection Historical Note

Ukrainian newspapers followed official German ideology. They adopted anti-Bolshevik rhetoric, but emphasized Ukrainian economic and cultural development under German auspices. The editorial boards carried out a policy of soliciting Ukrainian support for the German cause. German administration limited the scope of both publications, Lvivski Visti and Krakivski Visti, to pure Ukrainian internal affairs and to the demonstration of Ukrainian support of the Nazis’ “New Order.” It was typical, within these publications, to not to give any accounts of the German genocidal policy, and largely, the editions resorted to silencing the mass killing of Jews in Galicia. Ukrainian newspapers presented the Jewish Question in light of the official Nazi propaganda, corollary to the Jewish world conspiracy.

Execution of the Final Solution was never a theme for the Ukrainian periodicals published under German control. This theme was restricted and, if reported, was limited to the short reports about the Ukrainian order police’s mundane activities. References to Ukrainian national movement (OUN) were also restricted, and, therefore, there were no reflections on the Movement of the Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the activities of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).

Everyday attention was given to economic and cultural life, and especially to the support of the German war effort. In 1943 and 1944, both Lvivski Visti and Krakivski Visti hailed the German-approved formation of the 14^th Waffen SS Division Halychyna, composed of Ukrainian volunteers. Ukrainians prefered to see this formation, especially at the end of the war, as a nucleus for a future Ukrainian Army, calling it the First Ukrainian Rifle Division. Both newspapers serve as primary sources for life in the occupied territories and reflect the complex dynamic of the Ukrainian-German relations as they developed over the time.

Wolyn (Volhynia) was another Ukrainian-language collaborationist newspaper published in Rivne (Rowne). Wolyn was published in Reichskommissariat Ukraine (the former Soviet territory), while Lvivski Visti and Krakivski Visti were published in General Gouvernment (German-occupied Poland). German authorities divided the occupied Ukrainian territories between the General Gouvernment (occupied Poland) and Reichskommissariat Ukraine. Overall, German occupation regime was somewhat softer in the district of Galicia (General Gouvernment), compared to the Reichskommissariat Ukraine or the other Soviet-occupied territories.

Subject/Index Terms

Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945
collaboration in the Holocaust
District Galicia (General Government: Administrative Unit), 1941 -- 1945
Documents in Ukrainian language
Eastern Galicia (Poland: Region)
General Government (German-occupied Poland), 1939 -- 1945
Holocaust in Ukraine
Ideology of Ukrainian Nationalism
Krakivski Visti, Ukrainian collaborating with German Authorities periodical in Cracow, 1940 -- 1945
Lemberg (Poland: General Government: District Galicia), 1941 -- 1944
Lviv (Ukraine)
Lvivski Visti, Ukrainian collaborating with German Authorities periodical, Lviv, 1940 --1944
Lwow (Poland)
Narratives in Ukrainian language
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)
periodicals, Ukrainian
Poland (1939 --1945)
Theory of Ukrainian Nationalism
Ukraine (1939-1945)
Ukrainian -- Jewish Relation under the Nazi-German regime in Eastern Galicia, 1941 -- 1944
Ukrainian - German Relations, 1939 -- 1941
Ukrainian - German Relations, 1941 -- 1945
Ukrainian administrative and police authorities in Eastern Galicia, 1941 -- 1944
Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in Cracow, 1940 --1945
Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in Lviv, 1941 -- 1944
Ukrainian combat SS Division Galicia, 1944
Ukrainian military formations in the Second World War, 1939 -- 1945
Ukrainian national aspirations
Ukrainian political spectrum in Eastern Galicia, 1941 -- 1945
Ukrainian public organizations in Eastern Galicia under the Nazi-German regime, 1941 -- 1944
Ukrainian Society of East Galicia in relation to Nazi-German cause, 1939 --1945
Wolyn (Volhynia), Ukrainian collaborating periodical, 1941
Wolyn province (1940 -- 1945)

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Preferred Citation: RG-21, Ukrainian Collaborator Newspapers. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Sub-Collection:

[Sub-Collection 1: RG-21.01, Krakivski Visti (Cracow Herald), 1940 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 2: RG-21.02, Lvivski Vist (Lviv Herald), 1941 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 3: RG-21.03, Wolyn, Volhnynia, periodical, 1941],
[Sub-Collection 4: RG-21.04, Ukrainian Word, Stanyslaviv, 1941 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 5: RG-21.05, The Stanislaviv Word (Stanislavivs'ke Slovo), 1942 -- 1943],
[Sub-Collection 6: RG-21.06, Samostijna Ukraina (The Independent Ukraine) Stanislaviv, July 1941],
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Sub-Collection 3: RG-21.03, Wolyn, Volhnynia, periodical, 1941

Wolyn (the Volhynia) was a Ukrainian language periodical published the Ukrainian pro-German public and insurgent organization in Rivne (Rowne) in Volhynia in 1941

Subject/Index Terms:: Ukrainian Insurgent Movement, 1940 -- 1956; Ukrainian Insurgent movement in Volhynia region (West Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaboration in the Holocaust; Ukrainian collaborationist ideology in relation to Nazi Germany, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborationist periodicals in German-occupied Ukraine, 1944 -- 1944; Ukrainian civil and military support to the German authorities in Volhynia, 1941; The Seech of Polisia, Ukrainian Insurgent units, 1941; Taras Borovets (Taras Bulba, Taras Chub), founder of Ukrainian Insurgency the Seech of Polisia, 1941; Ukrainian Militia, collaborating with German authorities, in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian collaborating perception of National Socialism, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian national aspirations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Aspiration for a unified Ukrainian state in ethnic Ukrainian territories, 1918 --1941; Ukrainian support of National Socialism in the Volhynia, 1941; Wolyn (Poland: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Region); Rivne (Ukraine); Rowne (Poland); Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN); Ukrainian - Polish relations in the Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian - German Relations, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian - Jewish relations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian collaborating conception of German-Ukrainian alliance, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian ethnic cleansing in Wolhynia, 1943 -- 1944; Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 1941 -- 1956; Ukrainian Resistant Movement in Wolyn (Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; German military communiques, reflected in the periodical Wolyn, 1941; Kiev (Ukraine); Kyiv (Ukraine); Ukrainian local administration in the Volhynia under German auspices, 1941; Wolyn (Volhynia), Ukrainian collaborating periodical, 1941; Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in the Volhynia, 1941; Organization of Ukrainian auxiliary police in Kiev, 1941; Ukraiinske Slovo (Ukrainian Word), collaborating with German authorities periodical in Kiev, 1941; Reflections on to German victorious offenses on the Eastern Front, 1941; Theory of Ukrainian Nationalism; Theory and principles of Ukrainian Nationalism versus Democracies and the Soviet rule, 1941; Ukrainian national cause in a historic retrospect, 1941; Anti-Judeo-Bolshevism, caricatures, Ukrainian, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian national issues in historic retrospect; Ukrainians were oppressed in the USSR, historic retrospect, 1941; The Ministry of Eastern Territories, controlled by Germany; Alfred Rosenberg, Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories; German regional and district administration in occupied Ukraine, 1941; Dr. Werner Baer, District Commissar of Rivne (Rowne), Ukraine, 1941; Nazi-German anti-bolshevik doctrine, 1941; Erich Koch, Riechkommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine, 1941 -- 1944; Appeal to the Ukrainian Population to support the German authorities by Erich Koch, 1941; Documents in Ukrainian language; Ukraine (1941-1945); Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; Periodicals, photo-documents, Adolf Hitler

Creators:: Wolyn (The Volhynia), editorial board and contributors (1941)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-21.03.01, Woly, Ukrainian Collaboration in Volhynia, Wolyn, September 21, 1941

A page from the Ukrainian collaboration periodical in Volhynia, Wolyn.

Subject/Index Terms:: Alfred Rosenberg, Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories; Anti-Judeo-Bolshevism, caricatures, Ukrainian, 1941 -- 1945; Appeal to the Ukrainian Population to support the German authorities by Erich Koch, 1941; Aspiration for a unified Ukrainian state in ethnic Ukrainian territories, 1918 --1941; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Documents in Ukrainian language; Dr. Werner Baer, District Commissar of Rivne (Rowne), Ukraine, 1941; Erich Koch, Riechkommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine, 1941 -- 1944; German military communiques, reflected in the periodical Wolyn, 1941; German regional and district administration in occupied Ukraine, 1941; Kiev (Ukraine); Kyiv (Ukraine); Nazi-German anti-bolshevik doctrine, 1941; Organization of Ukrainian auxiliary police in Kiev, 1941; Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN); Reflections on to German victorious offenses on the Eastern Front, 1941; Rivne (Ukraine); Rowne (Poland); Taras Borovets (Taras Bulba, Taras Chub), founder of Ukrainian Insurgency the Seech of Polisia, 1941; The Ministry of Eastern Territories, controlled by Germany; Theory and principles of Ukrainian Nationalism versus Democracies and the Soviet rule, 1941; Theory of Ukrainian Nationalism; The Seech of Polisia, Ukrainian Insurgent units, 1941; Ukraiinske Slovo (Ukrainian Word), collaborating with German authorities periodical in Kiev, 1941; Ukraine (1941-1945); Ukrainian ethnic cleansing in Wolhynia, 1943 -- 1944; Ukrainian - German Relations, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian - Jewish relations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian - Polish relations in the Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian civil and military support to the German authorities in Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian collaborating conception of German-Ukrainian alliance, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborating perception of National Socialism, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian collaboration in the Holocaust; Ukrainian collaborationist ideology in relation to Nazi Germany, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborationist periodicals in German-occupied Ukraine, 1944 -- 1944; Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 1941 -- 1956; Ukrainian Insurgent Movement, 1940 -- 1956; Ukrainian Insurgent movement in Volhynia region (West Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian local administration in the Volhynia under German auspices, 1941; Ukrainian Militia, collaborating with German authorities, in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian national aspirations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian national cause in a historic retrospect, 1941; Ukrainian national issues in historic retrospect; Ukrainian Resistant Movement in Wolyn (Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian support of National Socialism in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainians were oppressed in the USSR, historic retrospect, 1941; Wolyn (Poland: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Region); Wolyn (Volhynia), Ukrainian collaborating periodical, 1941

Creators:: Wolyn (The Volhynia), editorial board and contributors (1941)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-21.03.02, Wolyn, Ukrainian Collaboration in Volhynia, Wolyn, September 1, 1941

A page from the Ukrainian collaborationist periodical Wolyn, published in the Volhynia region.

Subject/Index Terms:: Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; Periodicals, photo-documents, Adolf Hitler; Alfred Rosenberg, Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories; Anti-Judeo-Bolshevism, caricatures, Ukrainian, 1941 -- 1945; Appeal to the Ukrainian Population to support the German authorities by Erich Koch, 1941; Aspiration for a unified Ukrainian state in ethnic Ukrainian territories, 1918 --1941; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Documents in Ukrainian language; Dr. Werner Baer, District Commissar of Rivne (Rowne), Ukraine, 1941; Erich Koch, Riechkommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine, 1941 -- 1944; German military communiques, reflected in the periodical Wolyn, 1941; German regional and district administration in occupied Ukraine, 1941; Kiev (Ukraine); Kyiv (Ukraine); Nazi-German anti-bolshevik doctrine, 1941; Organization of Ukrainian auxiliary police in Kiev, 1941; Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN); Reflections on to German victorious offenses on the Eastern Front, 1941; Rivne (Ukraine); Rowne (Poland); Taras Borovets (Taras Bulba, Taras Chub), founder of Ukrainian Insurgency the Seech of Polisia, 1941; The Ministry of Eastern Territories, controlled by Germany; Theory and principles of Ukrainian Nationalism versus Democracies and the Soviet rule, 1941; Theory of Ukrainian Nationalism; The Seech of Polisia, Ukrainian Insurgent units, 1941; Ukraiinske Slovo (Ukrainian Word), collaborating with German authorities periodical in Kiev, 1941; Ukraine (1941-1945); Ukrainian ethnic cleansing in Wolhynia, 1943 -- 1944; Ukrainian - German Relations, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian - Jewish relations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian - Polish relations in the Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian civil and military support to the German authorities in Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian collaborating conception of German-Ukrainian alliance, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborating perception of National Socialism, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian collaboration in the Holocaust; Ukrainian collaborationist ideology in relation to Nazi Germany, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborationist periodicals in German-occupied Ukraine, 1944 -- 1944; Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 1941 -- 1956; Ukrainian Insurgent Movement, 1940 -- 1956; Ukrainian Insurgent movement in Volhynia region (West Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian local administration in the Volhynia under German auspices, 1941; Ukrainian Militia, collaborating with German authorities, in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian national aspirations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian national cause in a historic retrospect, 1941; Ukrainian national issues in historic retrospect; Ukrainian Resistant Movement in Wolyn (Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian support of National Socialism in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainians were oppressed in the USSR, historic retrospect, 1941; Wolyn (Poland: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Region); Wolyn (Volhynia), Ukrainian collaborating periodical, 1941

Creators:: Wolyn (The Volhynia), editorial board and contributors (1941)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-21.03.03, Wolyn, Ukrainian newspaper Wolyn, German army enters Kiev, September 30, 1941

A page from the Ukrainian collaborationist periodical Wolyn with an article about the German Army entering the city of Kiev.

Subject/Index Terms:: Alfred Rosenberg, Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories; Anti-Judeo-Bolshevism, caricatures, Ukrainian, 1941 -- 1945; Appeal to the Ukrainian Population to support the German authorities by Erich Koch, 1941; Aspiration for a unified Ukrainian state in ethnic Ukrainian territories, 1918 --1941; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Documents in Ukrainian language; Dr. Werner Baer, District Commissar of Rivne (Rowne), Ukraine, 1941; Erich Koch, Riechkommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine, 1941 -- 1944; German military communiques, reflected in the periodical Wolyn, 1941; German regional and district administration in occupied Ukraine, 1941; Kiev (Ukraine); Kyiv (Ukraine); Nazi-German anti-bolshevik doctrine, 1941; Organization of Ukrainian auxiliary police in Kiev, 1941; Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN); Reflections on to German victorious offenses on the Eastern Front, 1941; Rivne (Ukraine); Rowne (Poland); Taras Borovets (Taras Bulba, Taras Chub), founder of Ukrainian Insurgency the Seech of Polisia, 1941; The Ministry of Eastern Territories, controlled by Germany; Theory and principles of Ukrainian Nationalism versus Democracies and the Soviet rule, 1941; Theory of Ukrainian Nationalism; The Seech of Polisia, Ukrainian Insurgent units, 1941; Ukraiinske Slovo (Ukrainian Word), collaborating with German authorities periodical in Kiev, 1941; Ukraine (1941-1945); Ukrainian ethnic cleansing in Wolhynia, 1943 -- 1944; Ukrainian - German Relations, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian - Jewish relations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian - Polish relations in the Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian civil and military support to the German authorities in Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian collaborating conception of German-Ukrainian alliance, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborating perception of National Socialism, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborating with German authorities periodicals in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian collaboration in the Holocaust; Ukrainian collaborationist ideology in relation to Nazi Germany, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian collaborationist periodicals in German-occupied Ukraine, 1944 -- 1944; Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 1941 -- 1956; Ukrainian Insurgent Movement, 1940 -- 1956; Ukrainian Insurgent movement in Volhynia region (West Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian local administration in the Volhynia under German auspices, 1941; Ukrainian Militia, collaborating with German authorities, in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainian national aspirations under Nazi-German regime, 1939 -- 1945; Ukrainian national cause in a historic retrospect, 1941; Ukrainian national issues in historic retrospect; Ukrainian Resistant Movement in Wolyn (Volhynia), 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian support of National Socialism in the Volhynia, 1941; Ukrainians were oppressed in the USSR, historic retrospect, 1941; Wolyn (Poland: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Province); Wolyn (Ukraine: Region); Wolyn (Volhynia), Ukrainian collaborating periodical, 1941

Creators:: Wolyn (The Volhynia), editorial board and contributors (1941)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-21.03.04, Wolyn, Ukrainian Collaboration in Volhynia, September 7, 1941