Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Stepan Bandera across 12 places, from 1909 to 1959.
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Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1 January 1909exact date
Staryi Uhrynivattested“Stepan Andriyovych Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in Staryi Uhryniv, in the region of Galicia in Austria-Hungary, to Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church priest Andriy Bandera (1882–1941) and Myroslava Głodzińska (1890–1921).”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1 January 1909exact date
Austria-Hungaryattested“Stepan Andriyovych Bandera was born on 1 January 1909 in Staryi Uhryniv, in the region of Galicia in Austria-Hungary, to Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church priest Andriy Bandera (1882–1941) and Myroslava Głodzińska (1890–1921).”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1927year
Stryiattested“After graduating from a Ukrainian high school in Stryi in 1927, where he was engaged in a number of youth organizations, Bandera planned to attend the Husbandry Academy in Czechoslovakia, but he either did not get a passport or the Acade…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1927year
Czechoslovakiaattested“After graduating from a Ukrainian high school in Stryi in 1927, where he was engaged in a number of youth organizations, Bandera planned to attend the Husbandry Academy in Czechoslovakia, but he either did not get a passport or the Acade…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1928year
Lviv Polytechnicattested“In 1928, Bandera enrolled in the agronomy program at the Politechnika Lwowska in its branch in Dubliany, but never completed his studies due to his political activities and arrests.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1928year
Dubliany, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblastattested“In 1928, Bandera enrolled in the agronomy program at the Politechnika Lwowska in its branch in Dubliany, but never completed his studies due to his political activities and arrests.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
30 June 1941exact date
General Governmentattested“Before the independence proclamation of 30 June 1941, Bandera oversaw the formation of so-called "Mobile Groups" (), which were small (5–15 members) groups of OUN-B members who would travel from General Government to Western Ukraine and,…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
30 June 1941exact date
Western Ukraineattested“Before the independence proclamation of 30 June 1941, Bandera oversaw the formation of so-called "Mobile Groups" (), which were small (5–15 members) groups of OUN-B members who would travel from General Government to Western Ukraine and,…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
30 June 1941exact date
Eastern Ukraineattested“Before the independence proclamation of 30 June 1941, Bandera oversaw the formation of so-called "Mobile Groups" (), which were small (5–15 members) groups of OUN-B members who would travel from General Government to Western Ukraine and,…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
December 1944month
Krakówattested“In December 1944, the Abwehr moved Bandera and Stetsko to Kraków in order to prepare the Ukrainian unit to be parachuted to the rear of the Soviet army.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
6 February 1945exact date
Ukraineattested“At a meeting of the Provid on 5 and 6 February 1945, it was decided that Bandera's return to Ukraine was pointless, and that it might be more beneficial for him to remain in the West, where, as a former Nazi prisoner, he could organize s…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
15 October 1959exact date
Munichattested“On 15 October 1959, Bandera was returning to his apartment at Kreittmayrstrasse 7 in Munich, where he collapsed and died shortly thereafter.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
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November 1918month
Second Polish Republicmentioned“Bandera's father, who joined the Ukrainian Galician Army as a chaplain, was active in the nationalist movement preceding the Polish–Ukrainian War, which was fought between November 1918 to July 1919 and ended with Ukrainian defeat and in…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1931year
Second Polish Republicmentioned“After Okhrymovych's death and the flight from Poland of his successor Ivan Habrusevych in 1931, he became the leading candidate to become head of the homeland executive.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1931 to 1944period
Sachsenhausen concentration campmentioned“Though not directly responsible for the 1943 and 1944 massacres since he was being held in Sachsenhausen concentration camp and not in control of the OUN-B at the time, Rossoliński-Liebe wrote that as head of OUN propaganda from 1931 to…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
6 June 1933exact date
Berlinmentioned“After the failure of the , Kordiuk had to step down and Bandera took over de facto his function, which was sanctioned at a conference in Berlin on 3–6 June 1933.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1934year
Lvivmentioned“In 1934, Bandera was arrested in Lwów and tried twice: first, concerning involvement in a plot to assassinate the minister of internal affairs, Bronisław Pieracki, and second at a general trial of OUN executives.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1939year
Second Polish Republicmentioned“Prior to the 1939 invasion of Poland, German military intelligence recruited OUN members into the Bergbauernhilfe unit and smuggled Ukrainian nationalists into Poland in order to erode Polish defences by conducting a terror campaign dire…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
September 1939month
Brest, Belarusmentioned“Bandera was freed from Brest (Brześć) Prison in Eastern Poland in early September 1939, as a result of the invasion of Poland.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
10 August 1940exact date
Ukrainementioned“Norman Goda wrote that "Historian Karel Berkhoff, among others, has shown that Bandera, his deputies, and the Nazis shared a key obsession, namely the notion that the Jews in Ukraine were behind Communism and Stalinist imperialism and mu…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1941year
Siberiamentioned“His sisters, Oksana and Marta–Maria, were arrested by the NKVD in 1941 and sent to a gulag in Siberia.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
30 June 1941exact date
Ukrainementioned“On 30 June 1941, with the arrival of Nazi troops in Ukraine, the OUN-B unilaterally declared an independent Ukrainian state ("Act of Renewal of Ukrainian Statehood").”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
15 September 1941exact date
Berlinmentioned“The Germans closed OUN-B offices in Berlin and Vienna, and on 15 September 1941 Bandera and leading OUN members were arrested by the Gestapo.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1942year
Auschwitzmentioned“Bandera's brothers, Oleksandr and Vasyl, were arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp, where they were allegedly killed by Polish inmates in 1942.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
1942year
Volhyniamentioned“In late 1942, when Bandera was in a German concentration camp, his organisation, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, was involved in a massacre of Poles in Volhynia.”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
July 1944month
Ukrainementioned“Meanwhile, in July 1944, the formation of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (UHVR) took place, which was intended as a supra-party organisation that constituted the civilian body overseeing the UPA and was intended as the supreme…”source: Wikipedia: Stepan Bandera
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