ACTION ITEM

On February 6, the Chicago Tribune printed a story by Tom Hundley, an Eastern Euro-pean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune living in Warsaw. In this piece, Mr. Hundley recounts how a Jewish businessman made himself indispensable to the Nazis in order to stay alive during World War II. This article defames all Ukrainians by stating the following: "April 1943 brought the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the harsh German reprisals. By the time the Germans and their Ukrainian helpers were finished - about a month later - the ghetto was a vast smoldering cemetery. Fewer than 100 Jews managed to escape."

Mr. Hundley and the Chicago Tribune should be informed that not all Ukrainians were Nazis collaborators during World War II. To print the phrase "their Ukrainian helpers" is irresponsible for it characterizes all Ukrainians as Nazis collaborators. To inform the newspaper of this grave misrepresentation, write or fax to: The Chicago Tribune, Letter To The Editor, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60611; fax, (312) 222-2598.

- submitted by Lesia Yurkiw, Park Ridge, Ill.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 11, 1996, No. 6, Vol. LXIV

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