How a bunch of Nazis brainwash children in the woods of western New York state
I have learned about the unwavering commitment to maintaining this beautiful space and the arduous work it entails. I envision the land as a theater set where core summer memories are made while tightly holding onto a culture in danger of disappearing. In these American woods, …
Clearly they are talking about the indigenous peoples here who had maintained the space for millennia and are a culture in danger of disappearing right?
they are free to be Ukrainian, and more specifically, a Ukrainian Plast Scout.
Riiiight. Ukrainian culture is in danger of disappearing? Since when?
Their website seems innocuous, though I didn’t scan through the entire site. I expected to find a gun range, but didn’t.
I dug as far as I could, and really the only thing I could find is that Bandera was a Plast scout, and they were created for “nationalist goals”. Not particularly objectionable, all things considered, but still some soft propaganda.
Bandera was in Plast, then he later recruited from it in forming the OUN-B. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church funded Plast, and also the SS Galicia Division having string ties with the OUN-B. Plast in the Diaspora remains connected the the UGCC and former SS members set up the scouts over in the US, CA, and AUS. Here they taught revisionist history and celebrated Bandera and whitewashing their actions. After the union fell, Plast veterans went back to Ukraine and took over main industries and state positions. After the coup in 2014 the state made Plast almost mandatory as an assimilation tool.
That’s really good context, thank you!
Ukrainian Plast Scout
So, Banderajugend
