When we were young ... and students in Berchtesgaden (06/25/00)

When we were young ... and students in Berchtesgaden

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the last graduating class at the Ukrainian Gymnasium (high school) at the displaced persons camp for refugees known as Orlyk in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Seen in the photo above are the board of examiners and students of the last graduating class on April 1, 1950. Front row (from left): Prof. M. Fedusevych (professor of Ukrainian language), H. Martynec (physics and chemistry), name not known, Prof. Mirchuk (board chairman), Dr. Bitner (representative from Bavarian Department of Education), Prof. Wolodymyr Radzykevych, Dr. Victor Supinskyj (German language); standing: Bohdan Bobynsky, Teodosij Hryshko, Prof. M. Waskiv, Olena Steciuk, Prof. Dr. Steciuk (school principal, professor of Latin and philosophy), Yurij Slusarchuk, Aleksandr Krupenko (English language) and Leonid Petrenko. (Author's note: The names of Prof. M. Waskiv and Dr. Bitner may not be correct. The names are taken from "The Commemorative Book of [the] Ukrainian Gymnasium in Berchtesgaden," published in North Port, Fla., in 1997. Should someone know the correct names, please advise.)

- Leonid Petrenko

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