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  • Petro Hrudzewycz

    awarded

    Petro Hrudzewycz
    (1939–2022)

    When local Soviet functionaries told him to remove the cross from the grave of soldiers of the Polish Army, he refused. However Petro was punished for his resistance, each year he attends the commemoration of the battle known as the Polish Thermopylae.

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  • Edith Weiss

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    Edith Weiss
    (1899–1967)

    Edith Weiss came from the family of Hungarian industrialists of Jewish origin. Her father, Manfred Weiss, received the title of baron from Emperor Franz Joseph in recognition for providing supplies to the Austro-Hungarian Army.

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  • Petro Bazeluk (1903–1949)

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    Petro Bazeluk (1903–1949)

    Mykola Bazeluk said that there was no difference between who was a Pole and who was a Ukrainian in Volhynia before the war. That all changed in 1943, when, as he put it, “Brother turned on brother.”

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