Yosyf Zisels
Йосиф Зісельс
Yosyf Samuyilovych Zisels (Ukrainian: Йосиф Самуїлович Зісельс; born 2 December 1946), also Josef Zissels, is a Ukrainian human rights activist and former Soviet dissident.[1]
He was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group (UHG), involved in the samizdat movement, human rights activist, prominent activist in the Jewish movement in Ukraine, and a political prisoner.
On 24 June 2003, the Council of Leaders of All-Ukrainian Jewish Organizations stated that "Chairman of the Vaad of Ukraine, Joseph Zissels, 'is declared persona non grata in the Jewish community and has no right to represent the Jewish community of Ukraine'".[2][3]
In April 2015, Yosyf Zisels stated that the combination of the slur "zhyd" and the word "banderite", which killed Jews, "acquired a new meaning and a positive connotation".[4] On 28 April 2015, Zisels stated that Ukrainian Jews were joining the Azov Regiment and that "Ukrainian Jews began to recognize themselves as Jews of Ukraine".[5]
Yosyf Zisels noted that "You cannot hang stereotypical labels on the OUN and UPA, which fought primarily for the independence of Ukraine."[6]
On 13 October 2016, Zisels noted that "representatives of the OUN Ilko Savchin and Mikhailo Svistun hid the Jewish family from the Germans for almost the entire war", but he did not mention that "in 1946, Ukrainian nationalists learned about that the Svistuns helped the Jews during the war, and killed Mikhail and his wife".[7] The director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, Eduard Dolinsky [uk], considers Yosyf Zisels wording as a consequence of an organized disinformation campaign and an attempt to hide the participation of members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in the extermination of Jews in Babi Yar.[8]
After the speech of the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin on 27 September 2016 in the Verkhovna Rada, during which the President mentioned one and a half million Jews who died in Ukraine, about the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations and the complicity of the OUN in the Holocaust, Zissels said that he was already too old, out of his mind a man with "senile dementia"[9] and he does not reflect the opinion of the young.[10] Moreover, Zissels said that he was ready to apologize to the Ukrainians for the words of the Israeli president.[11] Zissels also demanded that the President of Israel apologize. As a result, Zissels himself had to apologize,[12] and wrote a letter to the President of Israel.[13]
On 13 March 2017, Yosyf Zizels, together with Volodymyr Viatrovych, held a conference "Shoah in Ukraine" in Paris. Yuriy Kanner [ru], president of the Russian Jewish Congress, accused Zisels of blaming Jews for the Holocaust based on the assassination of Symon Petliura by Sholom Schwartzbard.[14]
Zisels believes that the monument to Symon Petliura, whose soldiers killed many thousands of Jews,[15] may be in Vinnytsia, where a large number of Jews were exterminated.[16]
On 27 April 2018, Zissels criticized the opinion of 56 US congressmen who were concerned about the "growth of state-funded anti-Semitism",[17] saying that their words were not true.[18]
In May 2018, the Jews of Mykolaiv Oblast announced their withdrawal from the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine (VAAD [uk]). "In the opinion of the members of the Mykolaiv regional Jewish community, the position of the VAAD presidium on the glorification of the Ukrainian armed formations that were part of the Wehrmacht and the SS contradicts the position of our organization. And the protest of the VAAD leadership against the congressmen's appeal to the US State Department is an attempt to hide the actual growth of xenophobic sentiments in Ukraine." the statement said.[19][dubious – discuss]
Awards
- Order for Courage 1st class (November 8, 2006).[20]
- Order of Merit 3rd class (November 25, 2005).[21]
Opinions about Zisels
- Israeli historian of the Holocaust Aron Schneer [fr], of the Yad Vashem Institute, said in a comment to EADaily: "Zissels is an absolutely courtly, livery Jew who amazes me with speeches and writings that justify Bandera, Shukhevych, and thus other German accomplices".[22][dubious – discuss]
- The head of the Israeli branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Efraim Zuroff, said that Zisels, "as always, distorts historical reality in order to win the favor of the Ukrainian government".[23]
- The Russian-Israeli politician and publicist Avigdor Eskin noted that Zisels "has long been known for his extremely extremist views, and back in Soviet times he served twice in camps for distributing Bandera literature." In his opinion, no one gave Zisels the right to speak on behalf of all Jews, since he promotes misanthropic ideas.[5]
- In his statements and actions, Zisels tries to hide the participation of the OUN in the Holocaust and the denial of the Holocaust.[24]
Bibliography
- 'Khronika tekushchykh sobytiy' ['Chronicle of Current Events'] (CCE). — New York: Khronika, 1977, issue No. 44 — p. 35.
- CCE.— New York: Khronika, 1978, issue No. 48.— pp. 43–44.
- CCE.— New York: Khronika, 1979, issue No. 51.— pp. 41, 151, 178; issue No. 52.— pp. 21–24, 133
- CCE.— New York: Khronika, 1980, issue No. 53.— p. 29-35, 175; issue No. 57.— p. 88.
- Vesti iz SSSR [News from the USSR] . V. 1. 1978–1981.— Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1978, 3–16, 4–1;1979, 5–8, 7–2, 8-8, 11–6, 18/19-24, 22–21; 1980, 2-36, 9–11.
- Vesti iz SSSR. V. 2. 1982–1984. — Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1984, 19/20-2, 23–1.
- Vesti iz SSSR. V. 3. 1985–1986. — Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1985, 7/8-3.
- Vesti iz SSSR. V. 4. 1987–1988. — Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1987, 19/20-18; 1988, 5/6-45, 19/20-5.
- The Ukrainian Helsinki Group. On the 20th anniversary of its creation — Kyiv.: URP, 1996.— p. 13.
References
- ^ Verba, Lesya; Bohdan Yasen (1980). The human rights movement in Ukraine: documents of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, 1976-1980. Helsinki Guarantees for Ukraine Committee. Smoloskyp Publishers. p. 265. ISBN 0-914834-44-4.
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- ^ "Правозащитник Иосиф Зисельс поставил неутешительный диагноз Украине". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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- ^ "Эдуард Долинский: Одно но в истории спасения евреев националистами". 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Эдуард Долинский: Украина пытается скрыть участие ОУН в Холокосте - Главновости".
- ^ "По следам президента Израиля. Как украинские евреи отреагировали на обвинения ОУН в Холокосте". Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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- ^ "Сопредседатель Ассоциации еврейских организаций Зисельс извинился за слова о президенте Израиля". Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Письмо Иосифа Зисельса послу Израиля в Украине". Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Kanner, Yuri (13 March 2017). "Цена обедни в Париже" [Lunch scene in Paris]. snob.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Проскуровский погром". 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Евреи Винницы — антиукраинские силы. Похоже, так считает Иосиф Зисельс". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "В Конгрессе США обвинили Украину в "прославлении нацизма"". 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Лидер евреев в Украине выдвинул серьезные обвинения конгрессменам США". 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Joseph Zisels — self-proclaimed leader of the Jews and gravedigger of Jewry in Ukraine
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 8 листопада 2006 year № 937/2006 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України засновників та активістів Української Громадської Групи сприяння виконанню Гельсінкських угод» (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 26 листопада 2005 year № 1653/2005 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України колишніх політичних в'язнів і репресованих» (in Ukrainian)
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