Yevhen Nakonechny

Yevhen Nakonechny (June 18, 1931 – September 14, 2006) was a Ukrainian historian, librarian, library scientist, linguist, and a teenage prisoner of the Soviet Gulag forced labour camp system during postwar Stalinist period for his involvement with the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). As a teenager he was convicted to capital punishment, but later changed to a 25 year of Gulag imprisonment (colloquially known as Stalin's Quarter). He was released in 1955 after six years without rehabilitation,

In spite of well-proven and widely known historical facts about the Final Solution in the territory of modern-day Ukraine, Nakonechny rejected the notion that Ukrainian nationalists participated in the destruction of the Jews. "For Nakonechny, it was 'various Ukrainophobes' who manufactured tales about Ukrainian participation in the Holocaust. Anti-Ukrainian ideology is more important for them than historical truth" according to him.

Published works Over the years Nakonechny wrote many historical publications on history of Ukraine, librarian studies, history of Lviv, Ukrainian - Jewish relations during World War II and others. Nakonechny, Ye. "Украдене ім’я: Чому русини стали українцями" (Stolen name. Why Ruthenians became Ukrainians). Stefanyk National Science Library (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). Lviv, 2001. Nakonechny, Ye. "Шоа у Львові" (Shoah in Lviv) Nakonechny, Ye. "Мої трибунальські роки" (My tribunal years) unfinished