{"id":497,"date":"2025-10-20T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=497"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:16:33","slug":"ukraine-occupied-in-ww2-and-toda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"The experience of occupation: Ukraine in the 1940s and 2020s\u2014Episode 59"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk of the Royal Military College of Canada and University of Toronto returns to describe the reality for eastern European people under occupation during the Second World, and draws the line from then to today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe name=\"Ausha Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ausha-ABCs\" height=\"420\" style=\"border: none; width:100%; height:420px\" src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/?showId=ve8qqhk8RJd1&#038;color=%231B7551&#038;display=horizontal&#038;multishow=true&#038;playlist=true&#038;dark=false&#038;t=0&#038;podcastId=JG9XwHgZ6lwx&#038;v=3&#038;playerId=ausha-ABCs\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/ausha-player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smartlink.ausha.co\/beyond-barbarossa-the-eastern-front-of-world-war-2\/the-experience-of-occupation-ukraine-in-the-1940s-and-2020s-episode-59\">Audio version<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/experience-of-in-114050687\">Video version<\/a>\u00a0(patrons access)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/fkhzxwuc8cgv7ka5\/LuciukSignsEnemyArchiesChicago2June2024.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"LuciukSignsEnemyArchiesChicago2June2024.jpeg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.47344327933690594;width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latest book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Enemy Archives: Soviet Counterinsurgency Operations and the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement \u2013 Selections from the Secret Police Archives<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/uh4bqhih3p7cwqys\/Enemy_Archives_cover_copy8rmhe.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Enemy_Archives_cover_copy8rmhe.jpeg\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen&#8217;s University Press, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Enemy-Archives-Counterinsurgency-Operations-Nationalist\/dp\/0228014662\/\">Amazon<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mqup.ca\/enemy-archives-products-9780228014669.php\">McGill-Queen&#8217;s University Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk of the Royal Military College of Canada and University of Toronto returns to describe the reality for eastern European people under occupation during the Second World, and draws the line from then to today. 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