Volodymyr Kubijovyč
Volodymyr Kubijovyč | |
|---|---|
Володимир Кубійович | |
| Deputy of the President of the Ukrainian National Committee | |
| In office 17 March 1945 – 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Chairman of the Ukrainian Central Committee | |
| In office 1939–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1900 Nowy Sącz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria–Hungary |
| Died | 2 November 1985 (aged 85) Paris, France |
Volodymyr Kubijovyč (also spelled Kubiiovych or Kubiyovych; Ukrainian: Володи́мир Миха́йлович Кубійо́вич, romanized: Volodymyr Mykhailovych Kubiiovych; 23 September 1900 – 2 November 1985) was an anthropological geographer in prewar Poland, a wartime Ukrainian nationalist politician, a Nazi collaborator and a post-war émigré intellectual of mixed Ukrainian-Polish background.
During the war Kubijovyč headed the social welfare and the economic committee called UCC (Ukrainian Central Committee). He was an anti-Semite and a proponent of ethnic cleansing. In 1943, he was a founder of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. Kubijovyč was a supporter of the OUN-M, Andriy Melnyk's faction in the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. After the collapse of Nazi Germany, Kubijovyč settled in France. He later became the chief editor of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine and the secretary general of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Kubijovyč also supported other projects of the Ukrainian diaspora. He died in Paris on 2 November 1985.