BETWEEN HITLER AND STALIN

 

KARPO MYKYTCZUK, VOLUNTEER FREEDOM FIGHTER


He was born on April 22, 1913 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine and graduated from a commercial school in Vienna. He was a member of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists). In 1942-43 he was imprisoned by the Gestapo. He was chosen by the OUN to establish contact with the Allies. After the war, in 1947, he emigrated to Argentina and became the head of the Ukrainian Information Istitute in Buenos Aires. In 1954, he went to Canada, lived in Toronto and worked as a librarian. He died May 18, 1997 in Toronto. (The interview was taped on July 14, 1990 in Toronto).