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Ukraine's Invented a 'Jewish-Ukrainian Nationalist' to Whitewash Its Nazi-era Past

Myth-making efforts by the Ukraine to glorify the WWII role of one 'archetypal' Jew, Leiba Dubrovskii, is part of Kyiv's war on memory: its eager attempts to erase anti-Semitism, brutality and complicity with the Nazis from its wartime history

Jared McBride
Jared McBride
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For a practical lesson in nationalism that whitewashes an inconvenient past, including ties to the , racism, , involvement in the , ethnic cleansing and other violence against a country’s own citizens – look no further than .

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