Ukrainian boxer supported The reconstruction of the Shuchewyk museum. He donated money and his gloves. However, the Warsaw authorities inactive do not
Ukrainian boxing champion Alexander Usik declared support for the renovation of the Roman Shuchewycz Museum in Lviv. He donated the amount of 100,000 hryvnia and his boxing gloves to be auctioned for a charity auction.
The Roman Shuchewycz Museum, destroyed by a Russian drone attack, became 1 of the objects that require reconstruction. Usik decided to support this task with a donation and an additional motion – the transfer of individual sports artifacts.
Andrij Sadowy, mer Lviv, publically thanked Usik, stressing that the renewal of the museum is not only a reconstruction of the building, but besides a conflict for the national memory and cultural identity of Ukraine.
Roman Szuchewycz (a.k.a. Taras Czuprynka) was the leader of the Ukrainian Insurgency Army (UPA) and a key figure of CNS-B. During planet War II, he was active in armed actions which led to mass murders of Poles in Volyn and east Galicia. The number of victims is frequently estimated at around 100,000.
Despite his criminal history, in any parts Ukraine perceived present as a national hero. The motion of Alexander Usik is not only a support for the museum, but besides a symbolic blow to the memory of Polish UPA victims. The reconstruction of the place dedicated to the criminal liable for the slaughter of thousands of Poles is not an act of heroism, but a glorification of the criminal and the forgery of history. If this is what Ukraine's "national memory" looks like today, it is hard to talk of actual reconciliation.
Written by Roman Majewski
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