Rabbi helps dedicate a memorial to Ukrainian collaborationist group
Sambir, in western Ukraine, was the site of a 1941 pogrom, a precursor to the local Jewish population’s eventual annihilation that some historians have linked to the OUN.
Portrait of UPA leader Stepan Bandera (left) at a rally marking the anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which fought both Nazi and Soviet forces in World War II [File](photo credit: REUTERS)BySAM SOKOL/JTA
![Portrait of UPA leader Stepan Bandera (left) at a rally marking the anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which fought both Nazi and Soviet forces in World War II [File]](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/277112 "Portrait of UPA leader Stepan Bandera (left) at a rally marking the anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which fought both Nazi and Soviet forces in World War II [File]")