In July 2024, the Telegram channels distributed a picture that states, the page of the training manual used in Ukrainian schools is captured by Hitler. We checked the authenticity of this image.
It is reported that in one of the textbooks, according to which in Ukrainian schools they are already teaching, or in the future academic year they will begin to teach history, a paragraph about Adolf Hitler appeared. There, in particular, it is said that "in the history of Ukraine, Hitler played one of the decisive roles, having attempted to liberate our lands from the Soviet invaders" and that "Lvivshchina was de -captured in 1941." The statement was backed up by photography of the corresponding page from the textbook.
The news was primarily replicated by Telegram channels, such as "The world of Mikhail Onufrienko"(215,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Putin in Telegram"(202 000),"Two major"(180 000), Voblya (145,000) and "Ostashko! Important"(112 000).
The Second World War became heavy test For peoples living in modern Ukraine. In September 1939, in accordance with additional protocols to the Soviet-German pact on non-aggression, Western Volyn and almost the entire Galicia, which were part of Poland, were occupied by Soviet troops and soon officially proclaimed part of the Ukrainian SSR. In June 1940, the same fate befell the Northern Bukovina, which at that time belonged to Romania. By mid -1941, more than a million inhabitants of these regions (primarily Poles and Jews) were deported to Siberia.
On June 22, 1941, German troops invaded the territory of the USSR and in a short time were able to capture the entire Ukrainian SSR. Although in the west of the republic, in Galicia, some of the population initially perceived them as liberators, the Nazis soon began to implement their own racial policy and pursue mass repressions. In 1941-1944, about 1.5 million Jews were killed in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR, and more than 2 million people were taken to Germany as investigated workers. The total losses of the republic during the war years are estimated at 5-7 million inhabitants.
One of public holidays Modern Ukraine - the day of memory and victory over Nazism celebrated on May 8. Propaganda of Nazism, as well as the production and distribution of appropriate symbols directly Forbidden Criminal Code of the country. In adopted in 2015 law “On the condemnation of the communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of their symbolism” The political regime of the Third Reich is directly recognized as criminal, and the state has been entrusted with the obligation to “take measures aimed at increasing the knowledge of the public about [its] crimes.” Moreover, some decisions of the Ukrainian authorities (such as, for example, Renaming streets In honor of the leader of the Ukrainian nationalists Stepan Bandera) allow Russian officials speak On the heroization of Nazism in a neighboring country.
According to Ukrainian school education programs, local schoolchildren study the Second World War in the 10th grade. "Verified" studied issued in 2018 And 2023 Years of textbooks in three subjects: “History of Ukraine”, “World History” and the integrated course “Ukraine and the world”. These manuals indicate an important role of Ukrainians in the Red Army during the Second World War, about the national nature of the struggle for the liberation of Ukraine and the Ukrainians who received the title of Heroes of the USSR, Order and medal. Chapters or paragraphs in which a complimentary attitude towards Hitler is expressed in textbooks.
Some Telegram channels say that the viral photo depicts the page of the new edition of one of the textbooks on which Ukrainian schoolchildren will begin to study later this year. However, “verified” did not discover the messages of the responsible departments or the media on this subject. In the largest Ukrainian publications and the Ukrainian -language segment of social networks, the news of the praise of Hitler in textbooks did not discuss the run -out of the rune.
The page depicted in the picture has several signs of fake. Its design is radically different from the design of real textbooks. In the lower part of the page, its number, name of the chapter or section is not indicated (in the Telegram channels clarification about the author of the allowance or there are also no publishing). The word "Reich Scancler" in Ukrainian written Otherwise: "Reichscanzler." The miles also looks suspicious: although the sheet is bent, the different elements on the page are strictly in a straight line, and not parallel to each other.
According to TGSTAT, the first in Telegram this photo was posted by the pro -Russian channel "Sledgehammer 18+"(58,000 views) July 1 at 23:50 Moscow time. Previously, he was already Noticed in the spread of inaccurate information. It is noteworthy that eight days before that pro -Russian channels distributed Another "sheet from a history textbook", which is allegedly used in Ukrainian schools. It was a fake, the creators of which issued the content of the text: the history of Lviv of the first half of the 20th century, for some reason represented for some reason only by the events of the first and Second World Wars, consisted mainly of direct quotes from Russian -speaking Wikipedia, carelessly transferred to Ukrainian with separate copyright changes and additions.
In those posts it was said: "Hitler is not praised yet, but a little more-and they will begin." In fact, this comment was embodied in a picture, which became a viral after about a week. Like the “predecessor”, he has nothing to do with real Ukrainian history textbooks.
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